The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word EXTREMIST
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More clues leading to the result EXTREMIST
- Revolutionary new timer held in old way
- Radical message, not the first on film
- Fanatic to survive bracing term at sea
- Fanatic getting cross in street: I’m worried
- Former remits corrected, having little time for zealot
- Hardliner fails mixer test
- English film about wayward T. Rex fanatic
- Emir texts with new order for zealot
- Fanatic makes setter mix cocktail
- Setter, I’m cross about 7
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What does EXTREMIST mean?
EXTREMIST noun- A person who holds extreme views, especially one who advocates such views; a radical or fanatic.
- Holding extreme views, especially on a political subject.
- Of or relating to extremism.