The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word STOPPER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result STOPPER
- Something ropy, second best thing
- Cork spokesman's initial remark surpassing others
- Salesman taking large amounts in recession as a bung
- Bung small-time policeman, but not chief
- Plug given by agent with cookware going around
- Perhaps cork hat on sheila’s head
- One does not continue giving a plug
- Person unable to maintain momentum? One may get it in the neck
- Cork by end of knots on hat
- One blocks sun hat
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The straight part
We know that "bung" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bung = stopper.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STOPPER mean?
STOPPER noun- Agent noun of stop, someone or something that stops something.
- A type of knot at the end of a rope, to prevent it from unravelling.
- A bung or cork.
- Goalkeeper.
- In the commodity futures market, someone who is long (owns) a futures contract and is demanding delivery because they want to take possession of the deliverable commodity.
- A train that calls at all or almost all stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
- Any of several trees of the genus Eugenia, found in Florida and the West Indies.
- A short rope for making something fast.
- A playspot where water flows back on itself, creating a retentive feature.
- To close a container by using a stopper.