The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SMARTPHONE
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More clues leading to the result SMARTPHONE
- Snap mother cleverly with this?
- Vehicles turned up with mostly fake electronic device
- Clever device, note, in Tom Sharpe novel
- Mobile home’s part converted to accommodate an unspecified number
- Apple produce this month, with pears rotting
- MP playing with another’s mobile
- Hear MP’s not changed communication device
- Mixed metaphors over name for mobile device
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The straight part
We know that "electronic device" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case electronic device = smartphone.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 SMARTPHONE mean?
SMARTPHONE noun- A mobile phone with more advanced features and greater computing capacity than a featurephone.