The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ANOMALIES
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More clues leading to the result ANOMALIES
- Boxer, taking drug, interrupts moans about odd events
- A moan about stories making exceptions
- A traveller mostly tells stories to find inconsistencies
- Moan about a story’s inconsistencies
- Irregularities in a semolina recipe
- Earl captivated by original Mona Lisa’s enigmatic features
- Inconsistencies as some nail a criminal
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The straight part
We know that "enigmatic features" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case enigmatic features = anomalies.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.
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What does ANOMALIES mean?
ANOMALIES noun- A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
- Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
- Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
- Any of various angular distances.
- A defect or malformation.
- A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
- An irregularity or disproportion.