The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word BAROQUE
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More clues leading to the result BAROQUE
- Flamboyant Queen embraced by graduate and libertine
- Ornate ship going round eastern tip of Gozo
- Leader of octet aboard vessel afloat, bold and vigorous in style
- Sailing ship carrying nothing ornate
- Boat carrying nothing extravagant
- Academic libertine touring Quebec in flamboyant style
- Two different bands with what Spanish artistic style?
- Elaborately decorated ship with nothing on board
- Nothing inside three-masted vessel is rococo
- Flamboyant love aboard boat in Antibes
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The straight part
We know that "bold and vigorous in style" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bold and vigorous in style = baroque.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 BAROQUE mean?
BAROQUE adjective- Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail.
- Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity.
- Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque.
- Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts.