The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word LUKE
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result LUKE
- Saint from this country embraced by the French
- Book search in Birmingham?
- Paul’s companion, spineless parasite blowing top
- Gospeller to one side has small guitar
- Boy‘s chance to go topless
- Fellow producing article in Paris about our country
- He wrote two books, including ‘Universal King: the Spanish Uprising’
- Book lazy driver
- Boy, by complete coincidence, not female
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The straight part
We know that "Gospeller" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gospeller = luke.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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