The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word INTERVIEW
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More clues leading to the result INTERVIEW
- One books royal contest, with audience
- Nerve and wit I deployed in formal meeting
- Question Milan team outlook
- Lay one's opinion to rest in this formal discussion?
- Lay to rest, 6 points under discussion
- Grill Bury before contest with Wolves initially
- Put in grave challenge with appraisal
- Soccer team compete with audience
- Look after Italian team’s selection test
- Bury struggle with questions
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The straight part
We know that "formal meeting" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case formal meeting = interview.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INTERVIEW mean?
INTERVIEW noun- An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
- Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature.
- A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and someone whose opinion or statements he or she wishes to record for publication, broadcast etc.
- A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
- An audition.
- A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
- To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
- To be interviewed; to attend an interview.