The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word LAYMAN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LAYMAN
- Produce chap, parishioner who lacks expert knowhow
- Bet on chap not being a cleric
- Outsider? Worker put on bet
- Amateur drama scores uncovered
- Amateur display manager has taken to heart
- Amateur songster?
- Put down crew as non-professional
- Amateur initially learnt from Al Qaeda chief
- Ordinary person when put down?
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What does LAYMAN mean?
LAYMAN noun- Layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
- (by extension) Someone who is not a professional in a given field.
- A common person.
- A person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
- A generally ignorant person.
- Lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being member of the order.