Cryptic crossword clue
How women might get into knickers or skirts 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word BYPASSES

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The straight part
We know that "skirts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case skirts = bypasses.
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 BYPASSES mean?

BYPASSES noun
  1. A road that passes around something, such as a residential area
  2. A circumvention
  3. A section of pipe that conducts a fluid around some other fixture
  4. An electrical shunt
  5. An alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ; the surgical procedure to construct such a bypass
BYPASSES verb
  1. To avoid an obstacle etc, by constructing or using a bypass
  2. To ignore the usual channels or procedures

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