The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CROSIER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CROSIER
- Not exactly promising more staff
- Clubs with more optimistic 3
- Corrie’s sacked staff
- Crook finds Tories more encouraging
- Crook is more hopeful after crime’s beginning
- Archbishop’s cross about more ruddy …
- Source of proclamations restraining very large crook
- Catholic about to be presented with willow staff for bishop
- Staff more optimistic following Conservative leader
- Beginning to coach more promising staff
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The straight part
We know that "Crook" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case crook = crosier.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CROSIER mean?
CROSIER noun- A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.
- A young fern frond, before it has unrolled; fiddlehead