The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word POLICEMEN
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More clues leading to the result POLICEMEN
- Officers in prison keeping order with insects invading
- Investigators of heads of pupils once: male nit nurses?
- They’re in the heat in America
- Force members to uphold the law
- Cut westwards next to first concrete junction to escape law enforcers
- Cops confine opposition leader having lime juice with cocaine inside
- Centre of moustache left incomplete, ridiculous looking fuzz
- Met blokes maybe ordered lemon pie outside clubs
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "law enforcers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case law enforcers = policemen.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does POLICEMEN mean?
POLICEMEN noun- One who enforces.
- The member of a group, especially of a gang, charged with keeping dissident members obedient.
- A player tasked with physically intimidating or confronting the opposition.
- A member of a police force, especially one who is male.
- A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
- Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.