Cryptic crossword clue
Keeper on second team originally unknown 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STRANGER

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The straight part
We know that "unknown" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unknown = stranger.
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 STRANGER mean?

STRANGER adjective
  1. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary.
  2. Unfamiliar, not yet part of one's experience.
  3. Having the quantum mechanical property of strangeness.
  4. Of an attractor: having a fractal structure.
  5. Belonging to another country; foreign.
  6. Reserved; distant in deportment.
  7. Backward; slow.
  8. Not familiar; unaccustomed; inexperienced.
  9. Not belonging to one.
STRANGER noun
  1. A person whom one does not know; a person who is neither a friend nor an acquaintance.
  2. An outsider or foreigner.
  3. One not admitted to communion or fellowship.
  4. A newcomer.
  5. One who has not been seen for a long time.
  6. One not belonging to the family or household; a guest; a visitor.
  7. One not privy or party to an act, contract, or title; a mere intruder or intermeddler; one who interferes without right.
  8. A superstitious premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of stalk in a cup of tea, the guttering of a candle, etc.
STRANGER verb
  1. To estrange; to alienate.

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