The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 13 letter word CAMPANOLOGIST
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More clues leading to the result CAMPANOLOGIST
- Captain’s gloom dispersed by one ringing the changes
- Bob’s producer?
- Plot coming as a surprise in For Whom The Bell Tolls
- Go properly prepared with complaint as one who knows the ropes
- Captain’s gloom — after manoeuvres he rings the changes
- He rings the changes as politician in action, and goal’s revised
- One with pulling power to attract worshippers?
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