Cryptic crossword clue
Going red in Netherlands port 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "Going red/Netherlands port" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case going red/netherlands port = flushing.
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 FLUSHING mean?

FLUSHING verb
  1. To cause to take flight from concealment.
  2. To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.
FLUSHING verb
  1. To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
  2. Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
  3. To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
  4. To cause to blush.
  5. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
  6. To excite, inflame.
  7. (of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
  8. To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
  9. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
  10. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
  11. To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
  12. To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
  13. To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
  14. To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet
FLUSHING noun
  1. The act by which something is flushed.
FLUSHING noun
  1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
  2. A surface formed of floating threads.

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