Cryptic crossword clue
Factory shutdowns designed to cure loss 8

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

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
C
L
O
S
U
R
E
S

Buddy explains!

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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.

What does CLOSURES mean?

CLOSURES noun
  1. An event or occurrence that signifies an ending.
  2. A feeling of completeness; the experience of an emotional conclusion, usually to a difficult period.
  3. A device to facilitate temporary and repeatable opening and closing.
  4. An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.
  5. The smallest set that both includes a given subset and possesses some given property.
  6. (of a set) The smallest closed set which contains the given set.
  7. The act of shutting; a closing.
  8. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.
  9. That which encloses or confines; an enclosure.
  10. A method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body.
  11. The process whereby the reader of a comic book infers the sequence of events by looking at the picture panels.

Latest crossword clues with full explanations