The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NURSEMAID
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NURSEMAID
- Media's run amok — who cares?
- Shark, unusually ferocious, gobbling up one’s nanny
- Daughter accompanies mysterious Sumerian nanny
- Directions devised, we hear, after athletic activity upset Nanny
- Nanny yours truly’s rushed back to assist
- Upwardly-mobile ladies manage to employ one?
- She could provide us with a minder
- Woman having issue at work runs media organisation
- Retiring women compete to keep international domestic worker
- Tend to help maiden first – I do
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The straight part
We know that "Nanny" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nanny = nursemaid.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 NURSEMAID mean?
NURSEMAID noun- A woman or girl employed to care for children
- To tend to as a nursemaid.
- To care for or look after.