The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VERBATIM
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More clues leading to the result VERBATIM
- Part of speech a man makes without changes
- Faithfully copied from East German with a British minister
- Word for word, very bad time, endlessly
- Unusually brave little boy in story copied exactly
- Using same words against me – a Brit abused
- Silver bat I’m holding literally
- Precisely spoken student left with man
- Energy shown covering Queen hit precisely
- Exactly reproduced section of whatever bat I made
- Using exactly the same words in Latin
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The straight part
We know that "Faithfully copied" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case faithfully copied = verbatim.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 VERBATIM mean?
VERBATIM noun- A word-for-word report of a speech.
- (of a document) Corresponding with the original word for word.
- (of a person) Able to take down a speech word for word, especially in shorthand.
- Word for word; in exactly the same words as were used originally.
- Orally; verbally.