The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TRANQUIL
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More clues leading to the result TRANQUIL
- Be slow to grasp new question without agitation
- Cool-headed way in which Greek character protects queen
- Tarquin flustered at first later becoming calm
- Composed new design to reflect trimmed bedcover
- Collected and drank tequila shot left by dike
- Still time? Rushed old writer’s one line short
- Calm, knight and queen about to hang? The opposite
- Still managed to snuggle into quilt, when drunk
- Manuscript never ends: an old writer unfinished still
- Tense, organised bedspread to cut temperature, becoming calm
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The straight part
We know that "without agitation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case without agitation = tranquil.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 TRANQUIL mean?
TRANQUIL adjective- Free from emotional or mental disturbance.
- Calm; without motion or sound.