The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word BOHR
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More clues leading to the result BOHR
- Physicist reported pain
- Scientist passing oxygen and hydrogen through bromine
- Physicist not someone interesting to listen to?
- Heating surface set up right for quantum physicist
- Physicist’s book on how radiation originates
- Physicist dull in speech
- Vocally drill prominent physicist
- Physicist, heating element up, runs
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The straight part
We know that "Physicist" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case physicist = bohr.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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