Cryptic crossword clue
Beauty queen kidnapped by youth with tag on 8

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

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "with tag on" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case with tag on = labelled.
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 LABELLED mean?

LABELLED verb
  1. To put a label (a ticket or sign) on (something).
  2. (ditransitive) To give a label to (someone or something) in order to categorise that person or thing.
  3. To replace specific atoms by their isotope in order to track the presence or movement of this isotope through a reaction, metabolic pathway or cell.
  4. To add a detectable substance, either transiently or permanently, to a biological substance in order to track the presence of the label-substance combination either in situ or in vitro
LABELLED adjective
  1. Having a label, tagged.
  2. Defined or described (as).

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