The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CORPOREAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result CORPOREAL
- Opening in material of reef relating to body
- Physical County players taking on Madrid team
- Hole in rocklike material - concrete?
- Junior officer grabs last of spare material
- Material is stony substance containing small hole
- Hole in skin interrupting pink of the body
- Bodily hole in shade of pink
- Officer gathers last of intelligence material
- Energy-packed NCO material
- Small hole in dark pink material
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The straight part
We know that "Physical" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case physical = corporeal.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.
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What does CORPOREAL mean?
CORPOREAL adjective- Material; tangible; physical.
- Pertaining to the body; bodily; corporal.