The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word NOSEPIECE
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More clues leading to the result NOSEPIECE
- Bit of armour: is familiar with rest, it’s said
- Relative adopts pose, waving part of bridle
- Spooner’s to get relative to sit in a certain way for a bit of protection
- Spooner’s model, family girl getting a piece of facial protection
- Price acted occasionally in supporting bill as minder for ‘Schnozzle’
- Could be Roman church welcomes tart to save face
- Bridge-crosser providing protection
- Knows peace so to speak is a bridge
- Relative takes funny pose on glass bridge?
- Spooner’s model relative gets microscopic part
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The straight part
We know that "microscopic part" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case microscopic part = nosepiece.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NOSEPIECE mean?
NOSEPIECE noun- Anything (originally a piece of armour) that protects the nose.
- An animal's noseband.
- The bridge between spectacle lenses that rests on the nose.
- The part of a microscope that holds the objectives.
- The outer end or point of a pipe, bellows, etc.