The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TROUBLED
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More clues leading to the result TROUBLED
- 16 Anxious heart of Putin: his currency finally devalued
- Awfully blue, or extremely distraught?
- Worried terrible old brute
- Start to think moving boulder is ‘difficult‘
- Worried about foreign currency in the borders of Thailand
- Worried Irish politician holding money in Russia
- Worried and foolish, but older
- As Simon’s water‘s run out, filling bath directed
- Extremes of trend involving Russian currency beset by difficulties
- Worried tense Democrat supporting currency
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The straight part
We know that "beset by difficulties" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case beset by difficulties = troubled.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 TROUBLED mean?
TROUBLED verb- To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
- To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
- In weaker sense: to bother or inconvenience.
- To take pains to do something.
- To worry; to be anxious.
- Anxious, worried, careworn.