The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RETREATS
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More clues leading to the result RETREATS
- Perhaps gîtes in the Dordogne to be overrun with vermin
- Shelters damaged tree covered in grasses
- Extremely respectable goodies get backs up
- Withdraws, having sent up first course, including last of these
- Withdrawals from the refuges
- Pull-outs of interest to readers of war publications
- Engineer hosts a party and goes back
- Reflecting star haloes windblown tree at hideaways
- Vermin having to be in French dens
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The straight part
We know that "goes back" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case goes back = retreats.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RETREATS mean?
RETREATS verb- To treat or deal with (a topic) again or differently.
- To apply treatment to (an injury, a surface, etc.) again
- The act of pulling back or withdrawing, as from something dangerous, or unpleasant.
- The act of reversing direction and receding from a forward position.
- A peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security.
- A peaceful, quiet place in which to urinate and defecate: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- A period of retirement, seclusion, or solitude.
- A period of meditation, prayer or study.
- Withdrawal by military force from a dangerous position or from enemy attack.
- A signal for a military withdrawal.
- A bugle call or drumbeat signaling the lowering of the flag at sunset, as on a military base.
- A military ceremony to lower the flag.
- The move of a piece from a threatened position.
- To withdraw from a position, go back.
- (of a glacier) To shrink back due to generally warmer temperatures.
- To slope back.