The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PILGRIM
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More clues leading to the result PILGRIM
- Christian was one turning cheek, resolute
- Flipping insolence, ghastly for traveller to shrine
- Tablet not finished by serious religious traveller
- Mounting insolence very unattractive in religious traveller
- Traveller not finishing medicine, unpleasant
- Traveller turned fighter, nursing right cheek
- Turned cheek to dour traveller
- Erect border, forbidding one making the hajj?
- Good girl travels with male traveller
- Dedicated traveller dismal after border setback
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The straight part
We know that "wayfarer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wayfarer = pilgrim.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PILGRIM mean?
PILGRIM noun- One who travels, especially on a journey to visit sites of religious significance.
- A newcomer.
- A silk screen formerly attached to the back of a woman's bonnet to protect the neck.
- To journey; to wander; to ramble.