The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INDICATE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result INDICATE
- Show tabby, possibly, kept by private record company
- I acted in new show
- . Signal Corps invading eastern country before Lawrence
- Show ill-natured uprising in Bury endlessly
- Show home to fail as accommodation for pet
- Show caught in country before half-term
- Point out charge involving a drug
- Driver should do this in time to get over ‘I start to corner’
- Suggest jazz fan checks maverick record company
- Start off clear from criticism producing show
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What does INDICATE mean?
INDICATE verb- To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
- To show or manifest by symptoms; to point to as the proper remedies.
- To signal in a vehicle the desire to turn right or left.
- To investigate the condition or power of, as of steam engine, by means of an indicator.