The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BACKDROP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result BACKDROP
- Support doctor over operation in wider context
- Advocate with very little to drink, one making a scene?
- Collapse after second scene
- Advocate drive over Portugal for scenery
- Stage set to see fall by defender
- Favour desert scenery
- Setting in decline, beyond reverse
- Having exchanged parts, withdraw stage curtain
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What does BACKDROP mean?
BACKDROP noun- A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
- An image that serves as a visual background.
- The setting or background of an acted performance.
- Any background situation.
- To serve as a backdrop for.