The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CONSTRUCT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONSTRUCT
- Make racket, with lorry briefly stuck in street
- Make bed spanning round short poles
- Build up police force coming after criminals time and again
- Make do on street without sharp turning
- Fabricate hamper — university needs to replace one
- Brief pause in war time after prisoners assemble
- Build a theoretical entity
- Engineer studies vehicle stopping short at road junction
- Make prisoners rude over time
- Make some silicon structures
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The straight part
We know that "Fabricate" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fabricate = construct.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 CONSTRUCT mean?
CONSTRUCT noun- Something constructed from parts.
- A concept or model.
- (genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.
- To build or form (something) by assembling parts.
- To build (a sentence, an argument, etc.) by arranging words or ideas.
- To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.