The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PANTHEON
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More clues leading to the result PANTHEON
- Big cat almost on temple
- Severely criticise the working group of famous people
- Supergroup performing with cat briefly
- Criticise article about memorial building
- Heavily criticise article about memorial to the dead?
- Pub’s opening, soon to host the nation’s heroes
- Long to see cardinal running religious building
- Big cat almost appearing in temple
- Manx cat, as it were, beside monument
- Harshly criticise article on a building that was built to honour gods
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The straight part
We know that "memorial to the dead" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case memorial to the dead = pantheon.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 PANTHEON mean?
PANTHEON noun- A temple dedicated to all the gods.
- All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
- (by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.