The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word UNTANGLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result UNTANGLE
- Work out one approach lacking information
- 3 briefly confused about name of brush
- Work out what’s caught by weasel — gnat numbers seen rising
- Sort out university book collection corner
- Extricate from fashionable National maze
- Straighten out the relative becoming vitamin-deficient after ingesting an insect from the east
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What does UNTANGLE mean?
UNTANGLE verb- To remove tangles or knots from.
- (by extension) To remove confusion or mystery from.