The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RHOMBIC
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More clues leading to the result RHOMBIC
- Knocking out West Bromwich, playing in diamond formation
- Greek character, doctor in charge of lozenge
- Like diamonds making corrupt mob rich
- Shaped like a diamond rich mob reformed
- TV chef twice in church to see shape of tiles?
- Diamond-shaped crib, broken in short parts
- Extremely rich writer receives award that’s diamond-shaped
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The straight part
We know that "shape of tiles?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shape of tiles? = rhombic.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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