The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 6 letter word GUY FAWKES
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More clues leading to the result GUY FAWKES
- Conspirator hanged: rope splits in two, we hear
- Fellow with effigies going around?
- Fellow with divisions in road, reportedly – he gets burnt
- Stay a week held in irons? That will do for conspirator
- Chap soundly digs his plot, he’s remembered today
- Conspiring chap few ask for change?
- Would-be regicide, chap goes two ways in speech
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The straight part
We know that "Fellow with effigies going around" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fellow with effigies going around = guy fawkes.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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