The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EXCLAIMS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result EXCLAIMS
- Former lover having requests cries
- Calls out for past demands
- Cries at divorce settlement demands?
- Cries on seeing awful climaxes
- Calls resolved insurance matters, presumably
- Historic Dutch demands in States?
- Comes out with allegation in sex scandal
- Heard it’s easy to get kiss, lady hopes to get calls
- Declares alimony demands
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What does EXCLAIMS mean?
EXCLAIMS noun- Exclamation; outcry, clamor.