The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word REPERTORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result REPERTORY
- Golfer hires pro, eliminating error in skill set
- Sort of company the Queen introduced to Republican politician
- Material used with hesitation by politician in performance
- Theatre‘s type error to be corrected
- Vacant role for each politician in theatre
- Vacant role for each right-winger is a sort of theatre
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The straight part
We know that "theatre" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case theatre = repertory.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 REPERTORY mean?
REPERTORY noun- A repertoire
- A collection of things, or a place where such a collection is kept
- A specific set of works that a company performs
- A theater in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation.
- A repertory company.