Cryptic crossword clue
Enjoys embracing one’s rescuers 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "rescuers/rescuers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rescuers/rescuers = saviours.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SAVIOURS mean?

SAVIOURS noun
  1. A person who saves someone, rescues another from harm.
  2. A child who is born to provide an organ or cell transplant to a sibling who has an otherwise fatal disease (used in combination, with "sibling", "baby", "child", "brother", "sister", etc.)

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