The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STARDUST
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result STARDUST
- Begin to comprehend taking drugs regularly – it’s magical!
- Magical quality beginning to inspire Democrat
- Celestial matter beginning to appear around South of France, westwards
- In Woodstock we are this – beginning to catch Diamonds and Rust essentially
- Magical feeling beginning around twilight, mostly
- Embracing daughter and American, spark romantic quality
- In beginning, Democratic American is romantic
- Introduction includes drums on a regular basis – it’s magical
- Romantic nonsense beginning to bind Germany and America
- Singer and song that could blind one to reality
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The straight part
We know that "it’s magical" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s magical = stardust.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 STARDUST mean?
STARDUST noun- A powder with supposedly magic or charismatic qualities.
- A type of cosmic dust that condensed from cooling ejected gases from individual presolar stars and incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.
- A distant cluster of stars, resembling a cloud, the individual stars of which cannot be resolved.