Cryptic crossword clue
One doing concert tours was deranged church employee? 11

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word GRAVEDIGGER

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The straight part
We know that "church employee" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case church employee = gravedigger.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does GRAVEDIGGER mean?

GRAVEDIGGER noun
  1. A person employed to dig graves.
  2. A necrophore, or burying beetle.

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