The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word REPORTER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result REPORTER
- One providing information on malt liquor?
- Hack back old-fashioned, short frizzy hairdo
- Investigator on the booze
- Journalist on the subject of drink
- One who conveys news about alcoholic drink
- Hack on dark sweet ale
- Journalist on the beer
- Writer of articles about wine — European reds, principally
- Newspaper writer on beer
- Hack concerned with one who handles things in hotels
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The straight part
We know that "Writer of articles" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case writer of articles = reporter.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 REPORTER mean?
REPORTER noun- Someone or something that reports.
- A journalist who investigates, edits and reports news stories for newspapers, radio and television.
- A person who records and issues official reports of judicial or legislative proceedings.
- A case reporter; a bound volume of printed legal opinions from a particular jurisdiction.
- A gene attached by a researcher to a regulatory sequence of another gene of interest, typically used as an indication of whether a certain gene has been taken up by or expressed in the cell or organism population.