The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word OFFICIAL
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More clues leading to the result OFFICIAL
- Certified waste parts for old chemical company
- Approved of CIA file endlessly getting doctored
- Proper interaction with threat as article of faith
- One in post bearing stamp of credibility
- Authorised chemical company to separate waste parts of carcass
- One in post bearing stamp of credibility
- Refuse to accept former company representative having authority
- Refuse to include in charge one person with authority
- Authorised chemical company once to get in waste material
- Certified bureaucrat?
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The straight part
We know that "Certified" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case certified = official.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OFFICIAL mean?
OFFICIAL noun- An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
- A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.
- Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
- Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue of authority
- Approved by authority; authorized.
- (pharmaceutical) Sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
- Discharging an office or function.
- Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
- Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the spiritual jurisdiction.
- True, real, beyond doubt.
- Listen in a national pharmacopeia.