Cryptic crossword clue
Hatch ‘wrote a check’ for meteorological kit 11

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

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The straight part
We know that "meteorological kit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case meteorological kit = weathercock.
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 WEATHERCOCK mean?

WEATHERCOCK noun
  1. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel.
  2. One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person.
  3. (Chiefly US and Canada) A wind pump style where the top of it behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind direction, but also with a wheel attached to measure wind speed.
WEATHERCOCK verb
  1. (of a boat) To turn upwind because of the difference in water pressure on two sides.
  2. (of an airplane or missile) To veer into the direction of the oncoming (relative) wind.
  3. To act as a weathercock for.

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