The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SUPERSEDE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SUPERSEDE
- Replace budgie food picked up after half-hearted late feed
- Replace foreign reps wearing soft leather fabric
- Replace wonderful watch studded with diamonds
- Take over from peers used to reform
- Replace Jack’s potential beanstalk, as related?
- Replace what sounds like great garden-centre product
- Discard policeman with sound descendants …
- Replace excellent highly-ranked tennis star, say
- Remove every single leather covering
- Replace marvellous watch set with diamonds
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The straight part
We know that "Replace" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case replace = supersede.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SUPERSEDE mean?
SUPERSEDE noun- An updated newsgroup post that supersedes an earlier version.
- To take the place of.
- To displace in favour of itself.