The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 5 letter word CENTRE STAGE
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More clues leading to the result CENTRE STAGE
- Cold dish outside venison producer placed prominently?
- Secret agent unlikely to be seen here?
- English male brought in recent reforms, main focus of attention
- Mobilisation of secret agent in prominent position
- Focus of interest US money, balance required on time
- Time to go after money, joining others in prominent position
- Bum steer can get prominent spot for an actor
- Secret agent redeployed where attention’s focused
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The straight part
We know that "main focus of attention" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case main focus of attention = centre stage.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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