The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INITIATE
I've seen this crossword clue in Independent
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More clues leading to the result INITIATE
- Train wherein I visited dining car?
- Start bland description of restaurant experience
- Start developing it in a tie
- Begin to explain my activity at restaurant?
- Parasite going into eyes via the ear feasted on blood
- Begin to explain what yours truly did at restaurant?
- Popular appeal that is receiving cheers around launch
- One foolish person, angry, lacking right start
- Bogus dietitian without a degree is no expert
- Start at home computers before I had breakfast?
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The straight part
We know that "Begin" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case begin = initiate.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 INITIATE mean?
INITIATE noun- A new member of an organization.
- One who has been through a ceremony of initiation.
- To begin; to start.
- To instruct in the rudiments or principles; to introduce.
- To confer membership on; especially, to admit to a secret order with mysterious rites or ceremonies.
- To do the first act; to perform the first rite; to take the initiative.
- Unpractised; untried; new.
- Begun; commenced; introduced to, or instructed in, the rudiments; newly admitted.