The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TALONED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TALONED
- Touch isolated blocks with pincers
- Clawed back most of information going about by oneself
- Retaining energy, bats to land with claws
- Clawed but not, say, elongated unduly
- Volunteers with only daughter having claws
- Like vultures, only found in the borders of Thailand
- Irish politician going about unaccompanied is somehow able to grasp things
- Hawk’s so isolated in shade
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The straight part
We know that "having claws" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case having claws = taloned.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.