The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VILLAGER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result VILLAGER
- German behind football club not a City type
- Small-town resident gets endless dreadful beer
- Country dweller has bad time imprisoned by the old queen
- Grave ill afflicted country dweller
- Community member, mostly horrible, wanting drink in pub?
- One from the country having drink after 6.50
- Prisoner guarded by more obnoxious member of community
- Local in country pub, say, has unfinished nasty drink
- Hamlet character?
- Hamlet character needs endless noxious drink?
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The straight part
We know that "Community member" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case community member = villager.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 VILLAGER mean?
VILLAGER noun- A person who lives in, or comes from, a village.
- (strategy games) A worker unit.