The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word DOPPELGANGER
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More clues leading to the result DOPPELGANGER
- Doctor receiving sick people, collecting crowd's spit?
- Spirit that’s a double
- Double act by two priests good in general, touring
- Double peril surrounding silly people inadequate and not much good
- Double risk having to partly counter leg break
- Cook good, in general, working on double-power spit?
- a Double parking in German motor garage initially cuts risk
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The straight part
We know that "Spirit that’s a double" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spirit that’s a double = doppelganger.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does DOPPELGANGER mean?
DOPPELGANGER noun- A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts such a person.
- An evil twin.
- A remarkably similar double; a lookalike.
- A monster that takes the forms of people, usually after killing them.