The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word HOUSEMAID
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More clues leading to the result HOUSEMAID
- Servant to take in nuts I'll crack
- One floored by cleaner? That’s painful
- Cleaner look about kitchen essentially eliminated complaint
- Mother involved in hideous revolting ‘domestic‘
- Help knights to probe court’s inflammatory disorder
- Saudi home in disarray gets domestic servant
- After maybe 45 minutes I’d make sense, resolving a problem for scrubbers
- Domestic servant, awfully hideous, mum retained
- Servant put up mistletoe, initially with help
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The straight part
We know that "Servant" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case servant = housemaid.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HOUSEMAID mean?
HOUSEMAID noun- A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid.
- A housewife.
- To be a housemaid.
- To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them.