The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DERVISH
D
E
R
V
I
S
H
More clues leading to the result DERVISH
- Poor Muslim is on diesel — hospital needed
- Fuel is hot, one in a whirl?
- Like some fuel oil? This one is very poor and might be turning
- Having reformatted hard drives, one spinning wildly
- Muslim ascetic put Queen Victoria’s head in bowl
- Man in a whirl – fuel’s his trouble?
- Oil is hot for fraternity member
- Mendicant’s going round and round
- A mendicant like Maninder, Vishwanath internally
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "fraternity member" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fraternity member = dervish.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 DERVISH mean?
DERVISH noun- A member of the Dervish fraternity of Sufism, known for spinning.
- A citizen or inhabitant of Darawiish (circa 1895–1920 C.E.), the Dhulbahante anti-colonial polity geographically corresponding with Khaatumo.
- One of the fanatical followers of the Mahdi, in the Sudan, in the 1880s.