Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word INTELLECTUAL

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What does INTELLECTUAL mean?

INTELLECTUAL noun
  1. An intelligent, learned person, especially one who discourses about learned matters.
  2. The intellect or understanding; mental powers or faculties.
INTELLECTUAL adjective
  1. Belonging to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
  2. Endowed with intellect; having the power of understanding; having capacity for the higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or mental capacity
  3. Suitable for exercising the intellect; formed by, and existing for, the intellect alone; perceived by the intellect
  4. Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
  5. Spiritual.

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