The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word CIGARETTE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CIGARETTE
- Strategic manoeuvring after losing lead to European is a fag
- Deceptively great in name, one serving drag performer?
- It’s smoked fish, alien in name
- Film, very sad, about English revolutionary, that’s dragged on
- Wild catat edge of jungle — potential killer
- Another nail in the coffin with Conservative leader screwing up – get irate
- Mention about great wrong coming from dangerous product
- Name short boy trapped inside smoke
- Tragic French and English mix-up we’ve been warned about
- Missing the end of Get Carter, I will go out for a smoke
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The straight part
We know that "potential killer" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case potential killer = cigarette.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 CIGARETTE mean?
CIGARETTE noun- Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.
- To give someone a cigarette, and/or to light one for them.