The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word HERMES
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result HERMES
- Herald could be male, taken in by endless heterodoxy
- Greek god giving that girl endless chaos
- That female’s getting hold of me, someone bringing message
- Another messenger reveals himself
- Either message shows who might carry it
- Somewhat posher messenger-boy?
- Mercury’s counterpart, some other messenger
- Messenger‘s carried in another message
- Greek god, part herald part messenger
- Deity in another mess
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The straight part
We know that "who might carry it" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case who might carry it = hermes.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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