The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DEBRETT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DEBRETT
- Noble reference that would appear had better be drastically reversed
- Door’s opening, better frantically peer in here?
- Old publisher, strange breed never boozing
- Old publisher and editor turning on the silly office supervisor
- Book with more than one title
- Peerage in which we see uncommon breed and race meeting
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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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