The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SHYLOCK
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More clues leading to the result SHYLOCK
- Moneylender‘s yard covered with dodgy merchandise
- Mouselike hair in Shakespearean character
- Timorous forward is an avaricious grasping person
- Cast rugby player in Shakespeare part
- Reserved embrace for moneylender
- Man who takes a lot of interest in an attempt to secure
- Moneylender's yard covered with dodgy merchandise
- Loan shark's short curl of hair
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The straight part
We know that "Man who takes a lot of interest" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case man who takes a lot of interest = shylock.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.