The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REALIST
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More clues leading to the result REALIST
- One without illusions on a roll
- One who's no illusions about a catalogue
- One’s pragmatic referring to names of top celebrities?
- Down-to-earth person is entering later in disarray
- Others claiming champion boxer's no romantic
- One with no illusions is alert to change
- One with no illusions about a catalogue
- Unsentimental type about a set of items
- One’s pragmatic about celebrities
- One who doesn’t dream about the “greatest” highway
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The straight part
We know that "One with no illusions" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one with no illusions = realist.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REALIST mean?
REALIST noun- An advocate of realism; one who believes that matter, objects etc. have real existence beyond our perception of them.
- One who believes in seeing things the way they really are, as opposed to how they would like them to be.
- An adherent of the realism movement; an artist who seeks to portray real everyday life accurately.