Cryptic crossword clue
Fanciful science guidebooks originally brought in help Roy on broadcast 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PHRENOLOGY

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The straight part
We know that "Fanciful science" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fanciful science = phrenology.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PHRENOLOGY mean?

PHRENOLOGY noun
  1. The science, now generally discredited, which studies the relationships between a person's character and the morphology (structure) of the skull.

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