The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word FIEND
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result FIEND
- Provided with backing, cease being addict
- China expels Republican ‘devil’
- Devil providing heaven-bound, overcoming target
- Demon discovery with buried treasure, ultimately
- Addict‘s okay with last couple changing date
- Quaker reading banished devil
- Well-wisher gets rid of the castle's evil spirit
- Devil’s companion gets rid of Republican
- Beast could be intimate without resistance
- Addict okay with last couple swapping day
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What does FIEND mean?
FIEND noun- A devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
- A very evil person.
- An enemy; a foe.
- The enemy of mankind, specifically, the Devil; Satan.
- An addict or fanatic.
- To yearn; to be desperate (for something).