The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CULPRIT
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More clues leading to the result CULPRIT
- No-good prig in cult — who’s to blame?
- Criminal, say, heads for priest, really intending to enter religious group
- Guilty party‘s rip-off concealed by religious group
- Criminal copper inflamed about press release
- Conservative leader’s rip-off ‘buried’ in the last month – blame her!
- Priest, one in sect that’s criminal
- Offender‘s partner dismissed by primate in sect
- One likely to be a responsible person?
- Miscreant sect holding priest on island
- Criminal pair one found in sect
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What does CULPRIT mean?
CULPRIT noun- The person or thing at fault for a problem or crime.
- A prisoner accused but not yet tried.