The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PERIPHERAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PERIPHERAL
- Fairy meets goddess in place that’s unimportant
- Minor danger keeping quiet hare agitated
- Minor fairy meeting pantheon’s foremost goddess by lake
- Could be magnetic tape of secondary importance
- Repair with help involving minor
- Minor computing device?
- Bewitching creature, superior to chum, holding her to be of lesser importance
- Help repair broken computer equipment
- Help repair malfunctioning printer say
- Unnecessary split with girl after a little exchange breaks mate
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The straight part
We know that "Minor/computing device" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case minor/computing device = peripheral.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 PERIPHERAL mean?
PERIPHERAL noun- A peripheral device.
- Perhipheral vision.
- On the periphery or boundary.
- Beside the point.
- Unimportant.
- Auxiliary.
- Related to or located in the peripheral nervous system.