The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DRIFTER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DRIFTER
- Gap traversed by the German fishing-boat
- Difference of opinion admitted by the German wanderer
- Vagrant putting newspaper in towel?
- Fissure splits the German fishing boat
- Tramp in snow, perhaps?
- Wanderer is less wet having got paper for absorption
- Bum in the snow?
- Bum doctor provided session for reduction
- Fault admitted by the German fellow lacking direction
- Paper getting more sarcastic about Rolling Stone
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The straight part
We know that "Tramp" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case tramp = drifter.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DRIFTER mean?
DRIFTER noun- (sometimes derogatory) A person who moves from place to place or job to job.
- A type of lightweight sail used in light winds like a spinnaker.
- A driver who uses driving techniques to modify vehicle traction to cause a vehicle to slide or power slide rather than drive in line with the tires.
- One who takes part in drift fishing.
- A boat used for drift fishing.
- A parachutist who jumps before the rest of the group to determine the environmental conditions.
- A person employed in driving in rock other than coal.