Cryptic crossword clue
Nightspot with live band at last hit with staff? 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CLUBBED

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The straight part
We know that "hit with staff" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hit with staff = clubbed.
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 CLUBBED mean?

CLUBBED verb
  1. To hit with a club.
  2. To join together to form a group.
  3. To combine into a club-shaped mass.
  4. To go to nightclubs.
  5. To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
  6. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assessment.
  7. To drift in a current with an anchor out.
  8. To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
  9. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end.
  10. To turn the breech of (a musket) uppermost, so as to use it as a club.
CLUBBED adjective
  1. Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club.

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