The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PYRENEES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result PYRENEES
- Extremely pretty and serene, moving around mountains
- Combustible heap seen up in mountains
- Bonfire spotted back in range
- Woodpile spotted around range
- Mountain range, extremely pretty and uncommonly serene
- Write about railway climbing above spot up in mountains
- Blaze observed to rise in
- Heap of burning stuff spotted after turning over range
- Cremation facility observed when climbing mountains
- … power, sure to be broken by Frenchman’s extensive range
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "range" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case range = pyrenees.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.