The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SWIMMING
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SWIMMING
- I'm beginning to mature in handling of golf-club under waterlogged conditions
- Dance music, written about 2001, in baths?
- Feature of golfing Masters — one embraced in another sport
- Shift of political opinion around 2001
- Sole motion gives instruction to former Liberal leader thrown overboard
- Forceful feminists occupy outskirts of Strasbourg making a splash
- Surmounting difficulties in 2001, dance around
- Playground equipment includes a short distance for natation
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The straight part
We know that "baths" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case baths = swimming.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SWIMMING mean?
SWIMMING noun- The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
- The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.
- To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- To become immersed in, or as if in, or flooded with, or as if with, a liquid
- To move around freely because of excess space.
- To traverse (a specific body of water, or a specific distance) by swimming; or, to utilize a specific swimming stroke; or, to compete in a specific swimming event.
- To cause to swim.
- To float.
- To be overflowed or drenched.
- To immerse in water to make the lighter parts float.
- To test (a suspected witch) by throwing into a river; those who floated rather than sinking were deemed to be witches.
- To glide along with a waving motion.
- To be dizzy or vertiginous; have a giddy sensation; to have, or appear to have, a whirling motion.