The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RELEVANT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RELEVANT
- Appropriate vehicle parts hired again
- Material the Parisian brought into heaving tavern
- Appropriate commercial vehicle again hired out externally
- Reveal translated part of scripture as appropriate
- Material from inverted belly button collected by oddly repressed priest
- Material on Near East?
- What’s germane about the Middle East
- Material about eastern Mediterranean region
- Come round to describe museum’s material
- Material engineers brought to Mediterranean area
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The straight part
We know that "material" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case material = relevant.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 RELEVANT mean?
RELEVANT adjective- Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
- Not out of date; current.