The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word INSOLENCE
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More clues leading to the result INSOLENCE
- Something fresh: fish in local cafe, with insides removed
- Cheek only encountered in pub and church
- Sauce only served in pub by church
- Abuse individual in pub before church
- Hot fish, pleasant, lacking one sauce
- Front part of shoe nicked, oddly
- Cheekiness or laziness involving son rather than daughter
- Seen Colin’s bruised lip?
- Cheek to have one in pub before church
- Home, alone, by chance, half-cut, stroppiness results
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The straight part
We know that "cheek" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cheek = insolence.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INSOLENCE mean?
INSOLENCE noun- Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude.
- Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
- The quality of being unusual or novel.
- To insult.