The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word POLEMICAL
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More clues leading to the result POLEMICAL
- Controversial staff correspondence showing change of heart about Conservative
- Strongly attacking East European claim that’s out of order
- I came unstuck in voting that’s controversial
- Disputed sort of claim on 7?
- Quarrelsome European — he should be expelled by Jordan, for example
- Staff claim changes, in disputatious style
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What does POLEMICAL mean?
POLEMICAL noun- A diatribe or polemic.
- Related to argument or controversy; containing polemic, being polemic