The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TOTALLED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result TOTALLED
- Added up books sent up by lanky journalist
- Everything carried round is smashed
- Came to wooded valley, a little one running north
- Comprehensively added everything carried outside
- Came to and groggily told tale
- Summed up as tale told inaccurately
- At the end, trust held by old, demanding journalist is damaged beyond repair
- Wrecked, came to
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The straight part
We know that "Came to" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case came to = totalled.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 TOTALLED mean?
TOTALLED verb- To add up; to calculate the sum of.
- To equal a total of; to amount to.
- To demolish; to wreck completely. (from total loss)
- To amount to; to add up to.
- Destroyed