The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word COLLATERAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result COLLATERAL
- . Security firm fifty-fifty about dead gunmen
- Security company left to guard tower from rear
- Security alert ordered after arrest, right away
- Security pass after a while given to a new driver
- Head of Lloyds recently employed by betting firm’s subsidiary
- Left recently, wearing pink, side by side
- Pass to the side for security
- Aside from the main issue of security
- Security subsequently left over amid black stuff
- Security wanting all to clear off
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The straight part
We know that "Security" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case security = collateral.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does COLLATERAL mean?
COLLATERAL noun- A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.
- (genealogy) A collateral (not linear) family member.
- A branch of a bodily part or system of organs.
- Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).
- A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.
- A contemporary or rival.
- Parallel, along the same vein, side by side.
- Corresponding; accompanying, concomitant.
- Being aside from the main subject, target, or goal.
- (genealogy) Of an indirect ancestral relationship, as opposed to lineal descendency.
- Relating to a collateral in the sense of an obligation or security.
- Expensive to the extent of being paid through a loan.
- Coming or directed along the side.
- Acting in an indirect way.
- (of a vascular bundle) Having the phloem and xylem adjacent.