The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NEOPHYTES
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More clues leading to the result NEOPHYTES
- Phone’s yet to be adapted for novices
- Recent converts see Python broadcast
- Newcomers one prepared with scraps picked up
- Mobile phones, yet for novices
- Untethered the Pony Express’s first and last recruits
- Recruits phoney characters with backing group
- They open special school for learners
- Off phones yet, beginners?
- Rookies oddly need nothing ahead of battles, we’re told
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What does NEOPHYTES mean?
NEOPHYTES noun- A beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
- A novice (recent convert); a new convert or proselyte; a new monk.
- A name given by the early Christians, and still given by the Roman Catholics, to those who have recently embraced the Christian faith, and been admitted to baptism, especially those converts from heathenism or Judaism.
- A plant species recently introduced to an area (in contrast to archaeophyte, a long-established introduced species).