The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word FREE REIN
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More clues leading to the result FREE REIN
- Always entertained by priest, German one giving latitude
- Carte blanche for Spooner’s chorus
- Refiner working with energy and no constraints
- Interfere at peril; time to step back, offering carte blanche
- Blank cheque for a fettered being?
- How to make Erin get complete liberty
- Brother in France adopting English at home gets total latitude?
- Latitude with lavish downpours, do we hear?
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The straight part
We know that "carte blanche" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case carte blanche = free rein.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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