The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word UPRIGHT
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The straight part
We know that "Joanna/beyond reproach" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case joanna/beyond reproach = upright.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 UPRIGHT mean?
UPRIGHT noun- Any vertical part of a structure, especially one of the goal posts in sports.
- A word clued by the successive initial, middle, or final letters of the cross-lights in a double acrostic or triple acrostic.
- An upright piano.
- Short for upright vacuum cleaner.
- To set upright or stand back up (something that has fallen).
- Vertical; erect.
- Greater in height than breadth.
- Of good morals; practicing ethical values.
- (of a golf club) Having the head approximately at a right angle with the shaft.
- In or into an upright position