The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOTEMIC
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More clues leading to the result TOTEMIC
- Bear with what speaker holds as representative
- Representative I came across in bed, retired
- Symbolic child — I’m in church, making a return
- Carry piece of sound equipment suggestive of ritual?
- What stand-up comedian may do that's iconic?
- Regarded as fetish I came across in bed, upside down
- Greatly revered in epic, I met Othello on the rise
- Bear followed by timid animals endlessly symbolic
- Symbolic description of what stand-up may do?
- Symbolic drink label, collector’s first
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The straight part
We know that "Symbolic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case symbolic = totemic.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.
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What does TOTEMIC mean?
TOTEMIC adjective- Serving as, or relating to, a totem.