The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TRANSEPT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TRANSEPT
- Managed a month in teetotal wing of church
- Part of a church where patterns formed
- Time passed. 30 days in part of church
- Part of church school – one removed faulty step
- Wing practice one missed over a month
- Something in a church, part sent to be repaired
- Complex patterns in part of church
- A month after one leaves school one comes across the church
- New parents close to font here?
- Some of church, having time, organised Harvest Festival season?
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What does TRANSEPT mean?
TRANSEPT noun- The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.