The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CHANDLER
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More clues leading to the result CHANDLER
- Dealer’s name protected by creditor
- Dealer caught by dogged police officer?
- One who wrote stories about boxer's trainer
- Dealer held new car after ordering
- Novelist's name right on front of cover
- Crime writer‘s chapter, right after name
- Perry in Friends as thriller writer
- One managing to follow opening of chapter from detective writer
- College trainer is a novelist
- “Friend” wants name included in credit
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The straight part
We know that "“Friend”" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case “friend” = chandler.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHANDLER mean?
CHANDLER noun- A person who makes or sells candles
- A dealer in (a specific kind of) provisions or supplies; especially a ship chandler.