The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INVESTMENT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result INVESTMENT
- Dressed like a ceremonial priest applying time and effort?
- Maybe shares home with clothing for masses
- Wrapped by underwear, I gain empty nut — that’s capital
- Partly dressed blokes have time and money
- Dressed like priest, one might attract interest
- Shares possibly trendy clothing for priest
- Maybe shares how cleric is dressed for service
- Popular item of underwear intended, reportedly, for capital
- Dressed like priest, one may get profit
- Dressed like vicar for capital
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The straight part
We know that "Maybe shares" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case maybe shares = investment.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INVESTMENT mean?
INVESTMENT noun- The act of investing, or state of being invested.
- A placement of capital in expectation of deriving income or profit from its use or appreciation.
- A vestment.
- The act of surrounding, blocking up, or besieging by an armed force, or the state of being so surrounded.
- A mixture of silica sand and plaster which, by surrounding a wax pattern, creates a negative mold of the form used for casting, among other metals, bronze.