The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INDECENT
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More clues leading to the result INDECENT
- Dine out having little money? It’s not proper
- Find recent leads go blue
- Church in request that’s improper
- Disenchanted, dash out upset, it’s lewd.
- Blue recess housing this in Notre Dame
- Rude apprentice blocked by church
- When Christmas arrives part of hospital becomes unseemly
- Blue during fall, after last of deciduous leaves
- Off colour and on the decline with no obvious solution
- Dine out with minimal cash in Paris? That’s not appropriate
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The straight part
We know that "close to the bone" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case close to the bone = indecent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INDECENT mean?
INDECENT adjective- Offensive to good taste
- Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest or unseemly