The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MAROONED
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More clues leading to the result MAROONED
- A single mum staff nurses abandoned
- Distress signal used by news boss in isolated position
- Very enthusiastic about England footballer with unknown deficiency being abandoned
- See me on road, wandering around, abandoned
- ‘Red Ed’ left high and dry?
- Revealed more than is polite about a Republican being left behind
- Abandoned, showed behind, taking a run
- . Brown man in short is stranded
- Edges chopped of coromandel badly and abandoned
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The straight part
We know that "Abandoned" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case abandoned = marooned.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does MAROONED mean?
MAROONED verb- To abandon in a remote, desolate place, as on a desert island.