The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CROSSING
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More clues leading to the result CROSSING
- Arrested by coastguard, composer’s cut short ferry journey
- Annoying composer, mostly in two different keys
- Cause of affliction in Grand Junction?
- Birds without call – pelican, perhaps
- Those leading clubs ruffed Omar Sharif’s spade in new game of bridge
- Passage of old ship entering cold belt
- 30 celebrate after magician is sawn in half and upended
- You might need at least one to solve this clue
- Cutting through the junction
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The straight part
We know that "Annoying" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case annoying = crossing.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 CROSSING mean?
CROSSING verb- To make or form a cross.
- To move relatively.
- (social) To oppose.
- To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
- To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
- An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
- A place at which a river, railroad, or highway may be crossed.
- The act by which terrain or a road etc. is crossed.
- A voyage across a body of water
- The volume formed by the intersection of chancel, nave and transepts in a cruciform church; often with a tower or cupola over it
- Movement into a crossed position.
- A pair of intersecting edges.
- A pair of parallel lines printed on a cheque
- Extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction.