The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word AMERICAN
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result AMERICAN
- Heather’s personal introduction to New Statesman?
- Man I care about is from across the Atlantic
- A chap crossing Morecambe, maybe, one from the States
- A piece about fine 17 member?
- A man hugs another from the New World
- From Crimea, an extraordinary Statesman
- First of colonists in Armenia moving from Georgia, say?
- Foreigner needing our monarch’s confident expression of her power?
- Could be Hank or Chuck – a chap embracing another
- From across the pond, a chap touring Morecambe …
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The straight part
We know that "Could be Hank or Chuck" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case could be hank or chuck = american.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.