The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 14 letter word CHARACTERISTIC
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CHARACTERISTIC
- Feature provided by architect is arc strangely positioned
- Hire arrangement involving bill? It is roughly about property
- Daily performance controversial in nature? Typical!
- Typical architect’s car I wrecked
- Typical letter — one’s credit is curtailed
- Typical cathartic cries when agitated
- . Typical property
- The way how someone in a play or a novel behaves is appropriate
- Typical letter, one with endless criticism
- Typical routine by retired father, absorbed by map, in charge
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The straight part
We know that "Typical" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case typical = characteristic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHARACTERISTIC mean?
CHARACTERISTIC noun- A distinguishing feature of a person or thing.
- The integer part of a logarithm.
- The distinguishing features of a navigational light on a lighthouse etc by which it can be identified (colour, pattern of flashes etc.).
- For a given field or ring, a natural number that is either the smallest positive number n such that n instances of the multiplicative identity (1) summed together yield the additive identity (0) or, if no such number exists, the number 0.
- Being a distinguishing feature of a person or thing.