Cryptic crossword clue
Critic who’s at the door? 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word KNOCKER

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What does KNOCKER mean?

KNOCKER noun
  1. A device, usually hinged with a striking plate, used for knocking on a door.
  2. A person who knocks.
  3. A critic; one who disparages.
  4. A person who knocks (denigrates) something.
  5. (usually in the plural) A woman's breasts.
  6. (especially Cardigan) A dwarf, goblin, or sprite imagined to dwell in mines and to indicate the presence of ore by knocking.
  7. A mechanical device in a pinball table that produces a loud percussive noise.
  8. A person who is strikingly handsome or otherwise admirable; a stunner.
  9. A large cockroach, especially Blaberus giganteus, of semitropical America, which is able to produce a loud knocking sound.
  10. A large, boulder-shaped outcrop of bedrock in an otherwise low-lying landscape, chiefly associated with a mélange.
  11. One who defaults on payment of a wager.

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