The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word UNTUTORED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result UNTUTORED
- Butcher turned out to be lacking education
- Turned out badly, lacking education
- Guide turned out to be lacking instruction
- Turned out bad, didn’t do School?
- Lacking in schooling turned out problematic
- Turned out unusually ignorant
- After reforming, turn out educated or self-taught?
- Lacking form, turned out disastrously
- Turned out oddly ignorant
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The straight part
We know that "lacking instruction" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lacking instruction = untutored.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 UNTUTORED mean?
UNTUTORED adjective- Untrained, not taught or educated in a field of knowledge