The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CLEAVAGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CLEAVAGE
- Visible split in chest, or short split in coop
- Split from company at first, taking holiday, pocketing a grand
- Bristol Channel, or Silicon Valley after augmentation?
- Bristol Channel?
- Gap between outstanding features of holiday mostly in prison
- Valley where short holiday taken in prison
- Go shortly into jail that’s split down the middle
- Almost go in prison in Split, due to bust?
- Top of chest, part receiving admiring glances, for starters
- Conservative must have consent to hoard silver for separation
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The straight part
We know that "Gap between outstanding features" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gap between outstanding features = cleavage.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CLEAVAGE mean?
CLEAVAGE noun- The act of cleaving or the state of being cleft.
- The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline.
- (by extension) Any similar separation between two body parts, such as the buttocks or toes.
- The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
- The splitting of a large molecule into smaller ones.
- The tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes.
- The division of voters into voting blocs.