The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BENEFIT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BENEFIT
- Pope half suitable for welfare
- Advantage of busy worker possessing new suit
- Good man associated with criminal image
- Happen to get new suspect-tracing aid – it’s an advantage
- Good insect drinking close to sunken well
- Geordie wearing suit for charity performance
- Be born healthy, getting an advantage
- Good name retained by worker, for instance, qualified
- Man obtaining image used by the police has an advantage
- Been playing, in good health? That’s an advantage
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The straight part
We know that "type of welfare" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case type of welfare = benefit.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 BENEFIT mean?
BENEFIT noun- An advantage; help or aid from something.
- A payment made in accordance with an insurance policy or a public assistance scheme.
- An event such as a performance, given to raise funds for some cause.
- Beneficence; liberality
- To be or to provide a benefit to.
- To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.