The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DIRECTORY
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More clues leading to the result DIRECTORY
- Priest inspired by amateur’s work catalogue
- Hopeless politician penning chapter list
- I'd recalled minister's residence in catalogue
- Clergyman immersed in flatpacking guide?
- Index in book makes desperate editor cry
- Register serious complaint, primarily over Conservative
- Clergyman absorbed by home-improvement reference book
- Minister’s home found by detective in the phone book?
- Clergyman involved in self-build perhaps gets a guide
- Odd podium at vicarage has address book
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The straight part
We know that "address book" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case address book = directory.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 DIRECTORY mean?
DIRECTORY noun- A list of names, addresses etc, of specific classes of people or organizations, often in alphabetical order or in some classification.
- A structured listing of the names and characteristics of the files on a storage device.
- A virtual container in a computer's file system, in which files and other directories may be stored. The files and subdirectories in a directory are usually related.
- Containing directions; instructing; directorial.