The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ROTATORY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ROTATORY
- Go off a person in party giving a twirl
- Rubbish a Conservative’s spinning
- Corrupt a politician capable of revolution
- Going round to corrupt a politician
- Going round, McIlroy takes on Murphy, losing skins
- Piffle a Conservative is spinning
- Rubbish a right-winger going round
- Going round area held by corrupt right-winger
- Revolutionary orator troubled after catching the model with the Yankee
- Spinning pants used by a right-winger
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The straight part
We know that "Going round" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case going round = rotatory.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.