The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LUDDITE
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More clues leading to the result LUDDITE
- Protester did wrong breaking into vehicle behind back of school
- Posh theologian visiting landed earl, originally a protester
- This person initially labourer, ultra determined, destroyed industrial textile equipment
- Opponent of innovation diluted rum
- Diluted manoeuvres for an opponent of mechanisation
- Rum diluted for machine-wrecker
- ‘Salud!’, dit Emile
- Protester in factory diluted fluid
- Dinosaur fearful of a mouse?
- Advocate of traditional practices did ornate old instrument cases
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The straight part
We know that "reactionary" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case reactionary = luddite.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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