The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word GUILLOTINE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GUILLOTINE
- Bunch elected in cunning way to expedite part of bill
- Revolutionary device for disposing of nuts?
- Limit parliamentary debate for capital punishment?
- What may frustrate MPs, being group inside beset by craftiness
- Parliamentary device that heads off further debate?
- Its use divided many
- End discussion of a bill — look into the wrongdoing and penalise without initial fears
- I let gun oil seep into equipment for decapitation
- Group inch aboard craft, an old chopper
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The straight part
We know that "Revolutionary device for disposing of nuts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case revolutionary device for disposing of nuts = guillotine.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GUILLOTINE mean?
GUILLOTINE noun- A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.
- A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
- A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.
- A surgical instrument for cutting the tonsils.
- To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.
- To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.