The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DREAMBOAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DREAMBOAT
- Very attractive person met aboard at sea?
- Decaying or bad meat hunk
- Hunk of bread and peeled tomato mashed together
- Wonderful person unexpectedly met abroad
- Hunk of stewed boar meat with date on top
- Very hot man in boater mad to go out
- Abroad, met implausibly wonderful man
- Spoilt or bad meat in hunk
- Dish – what one might have at night with packet, maybe
- Beauty cheers up after more bad breaks
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The straight part
We know that "Hunk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hunk = dreamboat.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 DREAMBOAT mean?
DREAMBOAT noun- An exceptionally good-looking and sexually attractive person, particularly a young man.
- Anything considered highly desirable for its kind.