The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RECHERCHE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RECHERCHE
- European blocking repeat of republican revolutionary’s choice
- Far-fetched about revolutionary repeatedly throttling King
- Choice role void — US entertainer almost beside herself!
- Peculiar revolutionary repeatedly claimed right to follow religious education
- Obscure singer about to enter here, dancing
- Exquisite woman in a kind of crèche
- Carefully chosen soldiers meeting revolutionary beginning to recognise him
- Frenzied cheer about a pop singer is rare
- Exotic day-care centre’s leader off to welcome singer
- Little known about revolutionaries seizing queen
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The straight part
We know that "Peculiar" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case peculiar = recherche.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RECHERCHE mean?
RECHERCHE adjective- Exquisite; lavishly elegant and refined.
- Exotic or obscure.