The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPOTLESS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SPOTLESS
- Virgin taking off after scene
- Be relatively unobservant as a totally innocent person
- Very clean place where the French sought at first
- Clean – unlike Dalmatian?
- Small staff with time aboard has ship immaculate
- Succeeded without drugs to become absolutely clean
- Notice bar is very clean
- Perfectly clean vessel, topsail partly up
- Notice the French head of state is immaculate
- Clean clothes taken back to the French ship
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The straight part
We know that "Clean/unlike Dalmatian?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case clean/unlike dalmatian? = spotless.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does SPOTLESS mean?
SPOTLESS adjective- Exceptionally clean.
- Impeccable and free from blemish.
- Lacking spots; unspotted.