The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONDENSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONDENSE
- Shorten study, stupid
- Summarise what’s new in key Danish city
- Tories with less than intelligent contract
- Fish swallowing Jonah’s heart seen, strangely, to get smaller
- Tapering object outside study, small telescope
- Contract is a swindle — extremely stupid to go along with it
- Swindler, slow-witted, has to concentrate
- Precis of Studies in Figure
- Summarise London area studies first
- Cold Scandinavian city absorbing new cut
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The straight part
We know that "cut" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cut = condense.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONDENSE mean?
CONDENSE verb- To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
- To transform from a gaseous state into a liquid state via condensation.
- To be transformed from a gaseous state into a liquid state.
- Condensed; compact; dense.