The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ISOBARIC
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ISOBARIC
- I cry a river; in charge, having the same pressure
- Having equal pressure and current, or basic fuses
- CIA meeting with Boris for a change, levelly maintaining pressure
- Description of part of weather map is ‘Nothing except a lot of ice’
- One with a note by the inn in-charge on the nature of certain lines in a meteorological map
- Having constant pressure, I howl and bend over, start to introspect
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The straight part
We know that "Having equal pressure" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case having equal pressure = isobaric.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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