The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word REDRESSED
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More clues leading to the result REDRESSED
- One badly attired may need to be compensated
- Put right, like Irish 21 that’s thrown up most of pudding
- Soldier got ready and
- Put right — no longer naked?
- Put right what stripper did after the act
- Straightened things out after stripping off perhaps
- Set right and bandaged again
- Set right line up when cutting grass
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The straight part
We know that "Put right/what stripper did after the act" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case put right/what stripper did after the act = redressed.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 REDRESSED mean?
REDRESSED verb- To put in order again; to set right; to revise.
- To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from.
- To make amends or compensation to; to relieve of anything unjust or oppressive; to bestow relief upon.
- To put upright again; to restore.
- To dress again.
- To redecorate a previously existing film set so that it can double for another set.