The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CAPRICORN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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N
More clues leading to the result CAPRICORN
- Sign top player at last — current seed
- Sign in island attached to maize
- Sign of leader describing M or N
- Problem for walker on island, needing sign
- Agricultural policy fix not good on cereal and butter
- Mediterranean island crop one delivered in early January
- On island forage for goat
- Island’s name put outside my house
- Tropic island’s grain
- Sign for hat, same as worn by Chelsea pensioners for example, but no topper
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