The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ORGANISE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ORGANISE
- To arrange golf in African port is ultimately inane
- As region unfamiliar, get map out
- Ignores a possible fix
- Found Iron Age building employing spades
- Heart, perhaps, is initially eager and direct
- Instrument is one not working — engineer needed
- Musical instrument one’s finally able to arrange
- Regulate sea groin construction
- Run round hillock, holding horse back
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The straight part
We know that "direct" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case direct = organise.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ORGANISE mean?
ORGANISE verb- To arrange in working order.
- To constitute in parts, each having a special function, act, office, or relation; to systematize.
- (chiefly used in the past participle) To furnish with organs; to give an organic structure to; to endow with capacity for the functions of life
- To sing in parts.
- To band together into a group or union that can bargain and act collectively; to unionize.