Cryptic crossword clue
Gather poor policeman must go without an … 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COMPILE

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "Gather" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gather = compile.
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 COMPILE mean?

COMPILE noun
  1. An act of compiling code.
COMPILE verb
  1. To put together; to assemble; to make by gathering things from various sources.
  2. To construct, build.
  3. To use a compiler to process source code and produce executable code.
  4. To be successfully processed by a compiler into executable code.
  5. To contain or comprise.
  6. To write; to compose.

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