The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHAPTER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CHAPTER
- Cathedral staff producing part of a book
- Burn partially surrounding private part of book?
- Part of book for cathedral clergy
- Some monks burn private parts
- One leaves pie chart, creating division
- Child inclined to sound hesitant at this stage in life
- Cleaner concealing private part of book
- …more relevant subsequent to Church Synod perhaps
- Fellow tenor with Queen on stage
- Topic in church that’s more appropriate?
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The straight part
We know that "Some monks" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case some monks = chapter.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 CHAPTER mean?
CHAPTER noun- (authorship) One of the main sections into which the text of a book is divided.
- A section of a social or religious body.
- A sequence (of events), especially when presumed related and likely to continue.
- A decretal epistle.
- A location or compartment.
- To divide into chapters.
- To put into a chapter.
- (with "out") To use administrative procedure to remove someone.
- To take to task.