Cryptic crossword clue
Most haughty French novelist from foreign parts 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PROUDEST

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The straight part
We know that "Most haughty" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case most haughty = proudest.
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 PROUDEST mean?

PROUDEST adjective
  1. Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.
  2. Possessed of a due sense of what one deserves or is worth.
  3. Having too high an opinion of oneself; arrogant, supercilious.
  4. Generating a sense of pride; being a cause for pride.
  5. (Of things) standing upwards as in the manner of a proud person; stately or majestic.
  6. Standing out or raised; swollen.
  7. Brave, valiant; gallant.
  8. Excited by sexual desire; specifically of a female animal: in heat.

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