The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 6 letter word IN SPADES
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result IN SPADES
- A lot is happening to garden tools
- Extremely popular tools
- Extremely trendy suit
- Trendy suit, to a large degree
- Extremely stylish suit
- Emphatically how contract may be reached
- During spring, heart of bride sank in an extreme way
- Trump’s, perhaps, after getting elected: ‘Bigly!’
- How one might bid, to a very great degree
- Extravagantly popular tools
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The straight part
We know that "How one might bid/to a very great degree" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case how one might bid/to a very great degree = in spades.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.