The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ENABLING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ENABLING
- Making possible showy accessories woman put on
- Allowing to get licence, finally, and catch fish
- Allowing plastic bag in new London emporium initially
- Flash stuff in Bengal circles
- Authorising woman to get jewellery
- Authorising woman’s jewellery
- It’s making possible ban Nigel overturned
- Alan being awkward losing answer that’s making things possible
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The straight part
We know that "that’s making things possible" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case that’s making things possible = enabling.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 ENABLING mean?
ENABLING verb- To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.
- To affirm; to make firm and strong.
- To qualify or approve for some role or position; to render sanction or authorization to; to confirm suitability for.
- To yield the opportunity or provide the possibility for something; to provide with means, opportunities, and the like.
- To imply or tacitly confer excuse for an action or a behavior.
- To put a circuit element into action by supplying a suitable input pulse.
- To activate, to make operational (especially of a function of an electronic or mechanical device).
- An act or an instance of something being enabled.