The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ADMIRALTY
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More clues leading to the result ADMIRALTY
- Navy chiefs mostly have high opinion of a lieutenant, first in year
- Butterfly on empty tray that represents sailors
- Commercial trial at sea in this setter’s naval law
- Daily tram serving old Whitehall building
- Daily tram for transport in naval jurisdiction
- In our time, military is deployed after one’s left naval department
- Notice a lieutenant in muddy office of navy bigwig
- Government’s main office?
- Might it provide order to tidal army?
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The straight part
We know that "old Whitehall building" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case old whitehall building = admiralty.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ADMIRALTY mean?
ADMIRALTY noun- The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
- The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
- The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
- The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
- The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.