The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REPRESS
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More clues leading to the result REPRESS
- Check on the papers
- Bottle up higher, carafe ends on top of newspapers
- Put-down from 15
- Hold back material about German police force
- Check those printing religious tracts?
- Make more records from master
- Silence on Fleet Street
- Note journalists keep back
- Overpower some trespasser perhaps, getting upended
- Quell resistance by English journalists
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The straight part
We know that "Quell" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case quell = repress.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 REPRESS mean?
REPRESS noun- A record pressed again; a repressing.
- To press again.