Cryptic crossword clue
Dishevelled politician left cider for a couple of fellows 7

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

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What does SCRUFFY mean?

SCRUFFY noun
  1. An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that intelligence is too complicated (or computationally intractable) to be solved with the sorts of homogeneous system favoured by the "neats".
SCRUFFY adjective
  1. Untidy in appearance.
  2. Scurfy.

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