The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GAGSTER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GAGSTER
- Comic’s funny stagger
- Funny man's name withheld from criminal
- Joker, criminal with a cold, we hear?
- Supplier of crack forgetting hoodlum’s name
- Funny man, criminal, putting any number off
- Criminal not close to Batman and Joker
- Stagger around as someone who tries to be funny
- One may produce smile, not half, going about stage being funny
- Who’ll crack you up or, around noon, blow you away?
- Silence brought by endlessly serious person trying to be funny
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The straight part
We know that "person trying to be funny" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case person trying to be funny = gagster.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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What does GAGSTER mean?
GAGSTER noun- Joker; comedian