The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TRIMMER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TRIMMER
- Person striving to keep motorways in better condition
- One attempting to keep male and maiden looking fitter?
- One attempting to keep two maidens more tidy
- One cutting down to size a couple of males held by judge?
- More orderly foreign gentlemen detained by judge?
- More clean-cut person of dubious loyalties
- Garden implement orderly got me had rusty head
- One attempting to run over 1000 miles to get more fit
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The straight part
We know that "fitter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fitter = trimmer.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRIMMER mean?
TRIMMER adjective- Physically fit.
- Slender, lean.
- Neat or smart in appearance.
- One who trims, arranges, fits, or ornaments.
- A device used to trim.
- A member of the crew who trims the sails.
- Someone who fluctuates between opposing factions, political parties etc., according to current interest, a flip-flopper.
- A beam into which are framed the ends of headers in floor framing, as when a hole is to be left for stairs, or to avoid bringing joists near chimneys.
- A person employed to rearrange the coal in the hold of a vessel, so that it fills the vessel without forming a conical blockage.
- A device for storing coal in gradually increasing piles made by building up at the point of the cone or top of the prism.
- A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
- One who trims, or rebukes or reproves; a scold.