The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word FLATULENT
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More clues leading to the result FLATULENT
- Apartment unit loaned out with gas problems
- Short of air, uranium fast producing gas
- Likely to let one go fast after puncture on bend
- Pretentious uniform United hire out around November
- You say the apartment you let someone use is having a problem with gas?
- Apartment you furnished is pretentious
- Windy apartment gets upper-class lease housing central banks
- High-rise domicile you permitted use of is windy
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The straight part
We know that "Pretentious" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pretentious = flatulent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does FLATULENT mean?
FLATULENT adjective- Affected by gas in the intestine; likely to fart.
- Empty; vain.