The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ETCETERA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
E
T
C
E
T
E
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A
More clues leading to the result ETCETERA
- Men with guns go after alien group of badgers and the like
- Film the Church time and time again, and the rest
- DebUt written off, Met create recast addition
- React strangely over new tee and other things
- Alien comes to create upset and so on
- Tea centre, though not new, is refurbished with additional items
- Visitor from space and another such in alien race and yet others
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The straight part
We know that "and the rest" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case and the rest = etcetera.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.