The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ULYSSES
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More clues leading to the result ULYSSES
- Doctor Seuss’ extremely loopy novel
- Grant could be for returning hero
- Greek hero, oddly sly in habits
- Grant for one available in July’s session
- Novel reveals exploits involving sly criminal
- Novel for Mediterranean voyager
- Novel written in July’s session
- Hero of July’s sesame seed harvest!
- Yankee entering the Lok Sabha is captivated by the roles of a mythological character
- Obscure novel found in various syllabuses — first half of work’s dashed off
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The straight part
We know that "Obscure novel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case obscure novel = ulysses.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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