The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CLIENT
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More clues leading to the result CLIENT
- Court maintaining right of possession for customer
- Dependant court accepts right to hold another’s property
- About to produce storybooks for customer
- Patron acclaimed Nato on a regular basis
- Customer‘s right defended by court
- Mr Eastwood secures his first computer
- Person employing lawyer with legal right to appear in court
- Customer with a legal right in court
- Customer‘s coin of little value — about £1
- One employing lawyer is right to appear in court
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The straight part
We know that "Lawyer's customer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lawyer's customer = client.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 CLIENT mean?
CLIENT noun- A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
- The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
- One who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
- A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.