The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 6 letter word FOURTH ESTATE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result FOURTH ESTATE
- Pro-government covers over upper-class press
- Just out of the medals – last of course, say the papers
- Press university to enter for the country
- Refutes nothing that is reproduced in the press
- Press forward acquiring high- class property
- Journalists united in opposing the 4?
- Just out of the medals facing Spain, say the press
- Article, say, written by square journalists
- Quarter European, say newspapers
- Unusually astute for the newspapers?
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "the papers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the papers = fourth estate.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.