The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCRUTINY
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SCRUTINY
- Vineyard obstructing second microscopic examination
- Nearly clean before microscopic analysis
- Close examination of Southern vineyard, very small
- Almost abandon microscopic examination
- Element in rugby mostly getting negligible examination
- Cur’s barking before wee analysis
- Crooked city runs investigation
- Science and sport given minute examination
- Endless struggle concluded by small examination
- Gander with citrus sliced over big apple
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What does SCRUTINY mean?
SCRUTINY noun- Intense study of someone or something.
- Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
- An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
- A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
- An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
- To scrutinize.