Cryptic crossword clue
Former ‘Marple’ crackpot is the ideal model 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EXEMPLAR

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What does EXEMPLAR mean?

EXEMPLAR noun
  1. Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a model.
  2. A role model.
  3. Something typical or representative of a class; an example.
  4. A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.
  5. A well known usage of a scientific theory.
  6. A handwritten manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original copy of what gets multiply reproduced in a copy machine.
  7. A copy of a book or piece of writing.
EXEMPLAR adjective
  1. Exemplary.

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