The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word GREAT BEAR
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
G
R
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A
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B
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A
R
More clues leading to the result GREAT BEAR
- Stars dealing with a disease hooked by drugs
- Plough is heavy to carry
- Plough through a translation from Latin
- Substantial support for stars here?
- Group of stars eager brat annoyed
- Grizzly stars
- Ashes evidently lost, did you say, for group of stars?
- Stars on the radio are irritating breed
- Stars calling for “awesome hugger”
- Huge grizzly stars
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The straight part
We know that "Stars" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case stars = great bear.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.