The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word GOLDFINGER
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More clues leading to the result GOLDFINGER
- Spy picture‘s red frames getting on fine
- Grand old organ on German novel
- Screen villain, red-headed, imprisoning elderly female
- Film shows elderly female in red
- She danced around aging fellow in ’64 Bond film
- Elderly female trapped by flame-haired movie villain
- Person opposed to 27 shot after part of target
- Aged fellow punches red-headed man with the 3
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "novel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case novel = goldfinger.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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