Cryptic crossword clue
Girl’s reported after equipment is abandoned by US party official 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word APPARATCHIK

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The straight part
We know that "party official" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case party official = apparatchik.
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What does APPARATCHIK mean?

APPARATCHIK noun
  1. A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
  2. A blindly loyal bureaucrat.

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