Cryptic crossword clue
Doctor having a fatal accident 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DROWNING

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More clues leading to the result DROWNING

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The straight part
We know that "a fatal accident" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a fatal accident = drowning.
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 DROWNING mean?

DROWNING verb
  1. To die from suffocation while immersed in water or other fluid.
  2. To kill by suffocating in water or another liquid.
  3. To be flooded: to be inundated with or submerged in (literally) water or (figuratively) other things; to be overwhelmed.
  4. To inundate, submerge, overwhelm.
  5. (usually passive) To obscure, particularly amid an overwhelming volume of other items.
DROWNING noun
  1. An instance of a person or animal drowning.

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