The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 6 letter word AL CAPONE
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More clues leading to the result AL CAPONE
- Gangster on his own without detonator
- Poultry served in beer for hoodlum
- Mobster needs beer having eaten chicken
- Gangster, without assistance, nicking crown
- A head contained by single hood
- Unaided, catches international criminal
- Single-handedly captures international gangster
- Master criminal better kept in solitary
- Only wants to capture top gangster
- . Gangster's without companion, without headgear
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