The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PROGRESS
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More clues leading to the result PROGRESS
- Advance publicity given to ferocious woman
- Spin monster’s ‘going forward’
- Image-building maneater to forge ahead
- Mature priest sitting on monstrous female
- Sex? For rather than against going …
- River stopping quiet monster’s advance
- Development favouring Government journalists initially withheld
- Campaign involves brute rejecting European advance
- Continue showing old king in newspapers, etc
- Continue to find monsters in Paris, occasionally
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The straight part
We know that "advance" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case advance = progress.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 PROGRESS mean?
PROGRESS noun- Movement or advancement through a series of events, or points in time; development through time.
- Specifically, advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth.
- An official journey made by a monarch or other high personage; a state journey, a circuit.
- A journey forward; travel.
- Movement onwards or forwards or towards a specific objective or direction; advance.
- To move, go, or proceed forward; to advance.
- To improve; to become better or more complete.
- To move (something) forward; to advance, to expedite.