Cryptic crossword clue
Van I have employed with an object, verbally 10

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word TRANSITIVE

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "employed with an object, verbally" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case employed with an object, verbally = transitive.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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Crossword Answer definitions

TRANSITIVE adjective
  1. Making a transit or passage.
  2. Affected by transference of signification.
  3. (grammar, of a verb) Taking a direct object or objects.
  4. (of a relation on a set) Having the property that if an element x is related to y and y is related to z, then x is necessarily related to z.
  5. (of a group action) Such that, for any two elements of the acted-upon set, some group element maps the first to the second.
  6. (of a graph) Such that, for any two vertices there exists an automorphism which maps one to the other.

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