The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PRIVILEGED
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More clues leading to the result PRIVILEGED
- Translation of Virgil, deep and rich
- Snooped around base before midnight in secret
- Pedant admitting awful editor must be indulged
- Wealthy puritan concealing repulsive ends, oddly
- Nosed around wretched dog’s tail? It could be rich!
- Favoured soft leg drive shot, taking single
- Upper-class degenerate, say, rolling in endless sin
- Pedant cornering bad editor enjoying the advantages of wealth
- Adaptation of Virgil — deep and rich
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The straight part
We know that "in secret" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in secret = privileged.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PRIVILEGED mean?
PRIVILEGED verb- To grant some particular right or exemption to; to invest with a peculiar right or immunity; to authorize
- To bring or put into a condition of privilege or exemption from evil or danger; to exempt; to deliver.
- Having special privileges.
- Not subject to legal discovery due to a protected status.