The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TELEVISE
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More clues leading to the result TELEVISE
- Jeans and shirt put outside to air
- Air simple kind of shirt covering jeans
- Screen rock legend holding his head in empty theatre
- Screen set wrongly around Italian writer close to stage
- Supporter’s jeans tucked in and put on show
- Forged steel I’ve put on box
- Points I’ve allowed to be raised in broadcast
- Support grabbing Matthew’s place on the tube
- Show note about singer covering entry for Eurovision
- Put on some jeans wearing sort of shirt
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The straight part
We know that "Air" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case air = televise.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 TELEVISE mean?
TELEVISE verb- To broadcast, or be broadcast, by television