The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AROMATIC
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result AROMATIC
- A nameless visionary with a distinctive nose?
- Basil, say, a sentimental lover missing the point?
- Fragrant actor, I am fancied
- Fragrant as a nameless Wordsworthian poet, say
- A nameless visionary with a pleasant odour
- A dreamer with no name is fragrant
- Perfumed lorry carrying odorous muck around, initially
- Old artist up above rival endlessly capturing one with fragrant quality
- Scented candle in this, as my old romantic affair starts over
- Do a basmati rice? A bed is so fragrant, curried
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The straight part
We know that "Basil, say" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case basil, say = aromatic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does AROMATIC mean?
AROMATIC noun- A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
- Any aromatic compound.
- Fragrant or spicy.
- Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
- Derived from benzene.