The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOPMAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TOPMAST
- In part of ship, breakfast food served around wrong time of day?
- In elevated post, it’s late in the day to tuck into some breakfast
- Spar with Boris amid cheers, perhaps
- Johnson in tribute offers high-level support for sailors
- Brown keeps high post for tall ship’s constituent
- Brown keeping Blair perhaps in post?
- Wilson, for one, gets brown around this part of sailing vessel
- Rebellious politician breaks pledge for high post
- Pole browned bread around evening
- Salute, installing leader of government in nautical post
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The straight part
We know that "elevated post" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case elevated post = topmast.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TOPMAST mean?
TOPMAST noun- The highest mast in a fore-and-aft-rigged ship.
- The mast below the topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship.