The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word POSTERIOR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result POSTERIOR
- Bill holds port back
- Advert around carnival city showing butt
- Office anger around men at the back
- Stranger picked up beside station seat
- Wiggling toes keeps one in order? The reverse, later
- Bill, one getting nothing right, is bottom
- ‘Operation Back Tories’ failed to get Republican arse
- Olympic venue accounted for in bill coming later
- Advert about port is bottom
- Being behind, of low standard, tries to reform within
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The straight part
We know that "at the back" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case at the back = posterior.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does POSTERIOR mean?
POSTERIOR noun- The buttocks.
- The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
- Located behind, or towards the rear of an object.
- Following in order or in time.
- Nearer the back end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
- Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.