Cryptic crossword clue
Bandy coppers in the past? 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EXCHANGE

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The straight part
We know that "Bandy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bandy = exchange.
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What does EXCHANGE mean?

EXCHANGE noun
  1. An act of exchanging or trading.
  2. A place for conducting trading.
  3. A telephone exchange.
  4. The fourth through sixth digits of a ten-digit phone number (the first three before the introduction of area codes).
  5. A conversation.
  6. The loss of one piece and associated capture of another
  7. The thing given or received in return; especially, a publication exchanged for another.
  8. The transfer of substances or elements like gas, amino-acids, ions etc. sometimes through a surface like a membrane.
  9. The difference between the values of money in different places.
EXCHANGE verb
  1. To trade or barter.
  2. To replace with, as a substitute.

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