The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ESSEX
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More clues leading to the result ESSEX
- County taking part in meaningless exercise
- ‘County sees otherwise’
- Cricket team making opposing players run back and forth
- Queen’s favourite drugs congress
- Place at the meeting-point of tameness and excitement
- County taxes set to rise? Only some
- Elizabeth’s favourite fearless explorer embraced
- Some business expenses for one of the county set
- Name of character behind senseless European vote? David, perhaps
- Different sexes have achieved some notoriety here
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "(allegedly!) Queen (Elizabeth I)’s favourite (Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex)" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case (allegedly!) queen (elizabeth i)’s favourite (robert devereaux, earl of essex) = essex.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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