The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONTRARY
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More clues leading to the result CONTRARY
- Perverse artist in land without university
- Study lines on creative work from East? That’s awkward
- Troublesome guerrilla army oddly ignored
- Awkward study with a run bagged in Test
- Perverse hoax attempt to apprehend artist
- Deception by artist in attempt to be perverse
- Awkward politician, with skill, spinning lines
- Quite like Mary opposite
- The opposite of obstinate
- Disagreeable piece of rutabaga in cup on serving platter
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The straight part
We know that "perverse" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case perverse = contrary.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONTRARY mean?
CONTRARY noun- The opposite.
- One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, , though they may both be false.
- To oppose; to frustrate.
- To impugn.
- To contradict (someone or something).
- To do the opposite of (someone or something).
- To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
- To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
- To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
- Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
- Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
- Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
- Contrarily