The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HACKNEY
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More clues leading to the result HACKNEY
- Journalist with Japanese money returned in carriage
- Wear out high-stepping horse
- London borough cut Japanese funds back
- Coach from London borough
- Illegally obtain access to Marshal’s horse
- Rising currency supporting poor writer in part of London
- Overuse a place in east London
- Cope with French general in coach
- Horse's neck free to dig into fodder
- Banal writer with passion is upset
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The straight part
We know that "Horse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case horse = hackney.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HACKNEY mean?
HACKNEY noun- An ordinary horse.
- A carriage for hire or a cab.
- A horse used to ride or drive.
- A breed of English horse.
- A hired drudge; a hireling; a prostitute.
- To make uninteresting or trite by frequent use.
- To use as a hackney.
- To carry in a hackney coach.
- Offered for hire; hence, much used; trite; mean.