The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word TESTIMONY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TESTIMONY
- One day covered by short account of events
- The setter's on for blocking grumpy evidence
- The writer's using short pens for statement
- Evidence in court set up — Athenian guilty finally
- Irritable about zealot not starting to produce evidence
- I am working, beset by bad- tempered witness
- Cross capital, say, to give evidence
- Blair concealed controversial items in evidence
- Evidence in trial supported by one with non-European funds
- Irritable about doctor cutting in giving evidence
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The straight part
We know that "witness" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case witness = testimony.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 TESTIMONY mean?
TESTIMONY noun- Statements made by a witness in court.
- An account of first-hand experience.
- In a church service, a personal account, such as of one's conversion.
- Witness; evidence; proof of some fact.