The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OUTCAST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result OUTCAST
- Inaccurate actors will be ostracised
- Pariah has to expose actors
- Reject unfashionable shed
- Rejected openly gay group of actors
- Excluded unfashionable actors
- Reject striking actors
- . I wouldn’t be invited into Home and Away’s acting troop
- Reveal group of players is gay? Reject
- Wretch finished with model
- 2 Pariah not in shed
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The straight part
We know that "Wretch" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case wretch = outcast.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OUTCAST mean?
OUTCAST verb- To cast out; to banish.
- That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
- One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.
- (more generally) Someone who does not belong; a misfit.
- A quarrel.
- The amount of increase in bulk of grain in malting.