The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FASCIST
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More clues leading to the result FASCIST
- Neo-Nazi maybe, thus returning, has stuck around
- Authoritarian Conservative is brought in quickly
- Far right Conservative is in sexually promiscuous embrace
- Hand over a scene describing The Great Dictator?
- No moderate rising like this should be restricted by firm
- Some science in firm grip of an extremist
- Play fat cissy mostly on the right wing
- Right-wing extremist is twisting facts around
- Control freak to switch staff around every now and then
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The straight part
We know that "Neo-Nazi maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case neo-nazi maybe = fascist.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.