Cryptic crossword clue
Excites intelligent nurses 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "Excites" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case excites = quickens.
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 QUICKENS mean?

QUICKENS verb
  1. To give life to; to animate, make alive, revive.
  2. To come back to life, receive life.
  3. To take on a state of activity or vigour comparable to life; to be roused, excited.
  4. Of a pregnant woman: to first feel the movements of the foetus, or reach the stage of pregnancy at which this takes place; of a foetus: to begin to move.
  5. To make quicker; to hasten, speed up.
  6. To become faster.
  7. To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper.
QUICKENS noun
  1. A weed, quitch.

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