The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word HAIRCUT
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More clues leading to the result HAIRCUT
- Process of reduction in capital growth
- Sweeney Todd work, contentious musical, censored
- Broadcast about boring building style seen in Barnet
- Bob, say, helmeted Irish copper?
- Means to reduce capital growth?
- Bob perhaps, lion’s man?
- Hot look wounded Bob perhaps
- Bob, for example, gets write-down of loan
- Husband’s manner stung? That’s distressing?
- Bob is one hard character visiting nick
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The straight part
We know that "Means to reduce capital growth" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case means to reduce capital growth = haircut.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HAIRCUT mean?
HAIRCUT noun- The act of cutting of the hair, often done professionally by a barber, hair stylist, or beautician.
- The style into which the hair is cut.
- In a bankruptcy proceeding, the proportional reduction in the debt that will be paid to each creditor, based on an evaluation of the total debt owed and the total assets of the debtor.
- The difference between the value of a loan and the value of its collateral.