The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CHEVRON
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CHEVRON
- Tory embraces man, very regal initially, as a mark of rank
- Pointed design: enthusiastically support having its shape covering middle
- From Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan gets a military decoration
- V-shaped mark? There’s one in tail of exotic bird
- College bird defending Victor’s 25
- Sign of sharp bend in road in Switzerland, twisting over mountain finally
- V-sign from revolutionary facing Reagan briefly
- V-sign scrawled on her CV
- Companion stumbling over new road sign
- Band opposing Ronald in support of revolutionary
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The straight part
We know that "V-sign" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case v-sign = chevron.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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What does CHEVRON mean?
CHEVRON noun- A V-shaped pattern; used in architecture, and as an insignia of military or police rank, on the sleeve
- A wide inverted V placed on a shield.
- One of the V-shaped markings on the surface of roads used to indicate minimum distances between vehicles.
- A guillemet, either of the punctuation marks “«” or “»”, used in several languages to indicate passages of speech. Similar to typical quotation marks used in the English language such as ““” and “””.
- An angle bracket, either used as a typographic or a scientific symbol.
- A háček, a diacritical mark that may resemble an inverted circumflex.
- To form or be formed into chevrons