The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CEMETERY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CEMETERY
- Church has to gauge years used for churchyard?
- Where one might well end up introducing quantifier into Anglican year
- Burial ground for church to gauge by the end of Saturday
- Burial ground encountered between church and eastern railway
- Minute exotic tree planted in church yard – or churchyard?
- Leading pairs eliminated from race came late — very grave situation
- Greek goddess not originally seen in Cyprus graveyard
- Graveyard church filled early missing regulars
- Measure taken by American in church yard, place of rest
- Dead centre?
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The straight part
We know that "Dead centre" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dead centre = cemetery.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 CEMETERY mean?
CEMETERY noun- A place where the dead are buried; a graveyard or memorial park.