The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word INANIMATE
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More clues leading to the result INANIMATE
- One relative and one friend lacking spirit
- Still upset in parts where one might find rum?
- Lifeless? It’s where one finds friendship around part of UK
- Spiritless detainee an Italian leader imprisoned
- Relative collected by two individuals, friend not moving
- After last of cava in pub, one friend becomes unconscious
- Not living at home, Australian turned up in China
- Dead fashionable soulmate after losing mother
- Dead hot article on current lover
- At home getting a couple of texts after a former president turned up dead
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The straight part
We know that "dead" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dead = inanimate.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 INANIMATE mean?
INANIMATE noun- Something that is not alive.
- To animate.
- Lacking the quality or ability of motion; as an inanimate object.
- Not being, and never having been alive, especially not like humans and animals.
- (grammar) Not animate.