The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SYNOPSIS
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More clues leading to the result SYNOPSIS
- Back in stables is pony safe? That’s general view
- Run-down little horse is backed by sibling
- Outline in hills is pony stable to the north
- Run-down horse’s rearing over relative
- Sketch of Charles I’s pony scampering backwards
- Summary is amount of money raised on board
- Singular arrangement of posy in small sketch
- Rundown relation’s holding £25 back
- Outline of small horse climbing in South Island
- Horse’s knocked over little relative — that’s the general view
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The straight part
We know that "general view" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case general view = synopsis.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 SYNOPSIS mean?
SYNOPSIS noun- (authorship) A brief summary of the major points of a written work, either as prose or as a table; an abridgment or condensation of a work.
- A reference work containing brief articles that taken together give an overview of an entire field.
- (Orthodoxy) A prayer book for use by the laity of the church.