Cryptic crossword clue
Sonny was an angel, _____’s a killer 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BUTCHER*

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What does BUTCHER* mean?

BUTCHER* noun
  1. A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
  2. A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
  3. (from butcher's hook) A look.
  4. A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
BUTCHER* verb
  1. To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
  2. To kill brutally.
  3. To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
BUTCHER* adjective
  1. (originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.

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