The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word AGONY UNCLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result AGONY UNCLE
- Does he give relatively painful advice?
- In the past, drunken party ends with relative becoming a personal advisor
- Advice columnist previously seen with New York pawnbroker
- Wise counsellor is a terrible pain, mostly grubby
- Man offering personal advice, lunacy gone mad!
- One can ultimately counsel guy in trouble
- I’ll advise Lance
- He advises initially applying Vanish on both sides of nappy before soiled article is scrubbed
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The straight part
We know that "One can ultimately counsel guy in trouble/One can ultimately counsel guy in trouble" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one can ultimately counsel guy in trouble/one can ultimately counsel guy in trouble = agony uncle.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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