The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word DREADLOCKS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DREADLOCKS
- What inexperienced bargees may do is a shock!
- Fear rugby players in Barnet?
- Fear parts of canal system may give such a shock
- Hair ropes cause fear on the canal
- Outside study, student ties up long hair
- Fear canal section getting to Barnet?
- Reportedly physicians have studied Latin inside 23
- Fearful anticipation secures capital growth
- Bolts after hair-raising feeling — extended shock?
- Barnet’s ‘Variety’ is closed and dark, unhappily
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "long hair" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case long hair = dreadlocks.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does DREADLOCKS mean?
DREADLOCKS noun- A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.