The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 13 letter word METAMORPHOSIS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result METAMORPHOSIS
- Merchant at first devious has to promise to give change
- Revolutionary Amish promotes a complete change
- Crooked impostor has me for change
- Steamship and two ducks involved with Mr Toad’s transformation?
- Change of home port — miss a transformation
- Terrible ham promises to change
- Revolutionary Amish promotes complete change
- Shame impostor is wicked — complete conversion needed
- Complete change from reforming impostor — shame!
- Moor steamship, possibly for alteration
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What does METAMORPHOSIS mean?
METAMORPHOSIS noun- A transformation, such as one performed by magic.
- A noticeable change in character, appearance, function or condition.
- A change in the form and often habits of an animal after the embryonic stage during normal development. (e.g. the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly or a tadpole into a frog.)
- A change in the structure of a specific body tissue. Usually degenerative.