The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PRECIPICE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PRECIPICE
- Steep drop in price amended, then restated without right
- Price changed, price not right? Precarious situation!
- It's very steep price, at first absurd, then reduced by sovereign
- Cliff, Charlie and I, dividing homework, finish off
- Recipe with pic strangely making you gorge
- Drop high price twice, with a rand off
- Drop illustration in laid-out recipe
- Price altered a bit heartlessly in steep location
- Sheer drop in cost is epic, possibly
- City with little change in cost – it’s naturally seen as steep?
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The straight part
We know that "Drop" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drop = precipice.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PRECIPICE mean?
PRECIPICE noun- A very steep cliff.
- The brink of a dangerous situation.
- A headlong fall or descent.