Cryptic crossword clue
Cream and fish for preservation 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PICKLING

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The straight part
We know that "preservation" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case preservation = pickling.
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 PICKLING mean?

PICKLING verb
  1. To preserve food (or sometimes other things) in a salt, sugar or vinegar solution.
  2. To remove high-temperature scale and oxidation from metal with heated (often sulphuric) industrial acid.
  3. (in the Python programming language) To serialize.
  4. To pour brine over a person after flogging them, as a method of punishment.
PICKLING verb
  1. To eat sparingly.
  2. To pilfer.
PICKLING noun
  1. An instance of processing something in brine or other solution.
  2. A process by which the oxide scale on steel (especially stainless steels) is chemically removed (by strong acids).

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