Cryptic crossword clue
Bitter and sour, say, from Left cutting benefits 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "Bitter and sour, say" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bitter and sour, say = flavours.
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 FLAVOURS mean?

FLAVOURS noun
  1. The quality produced by the sensation of taste or, especially, of taste and smell in combined effect.
  2. A substance used to produce a taste. Flavoring.
  3. A variety (of taste) attributed to an object.
  4. The characteristic quality of something.
  5. A kind or type.
  6. One of the six types of quarks (top, bottom, strange, charmed, up, and down) or three types of leptons (electron, muon, and tauon).
  7. The quality produced by the sensation of smell; odour; fragrance.
FLAVOURS verb
  1. To add flavoring to something.

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