The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NOVEMBER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NOVEMBER
- In the end, run over to collect honour: it precedes Oscar
- No shift involving doctor in thirty days
- Nothing remaining from fire around very cold part of year
- New 6 within past month
- Autumn’s last month
- In love, Amber’s all for going topless for a month
- Associatestarts with short book of the month
- Time of year pilot’s reported close to depression?
- Unfinished book marks British Queen’s 30-day period
- What one might receive before Oscar?
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The straight part
We know that "a month" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a month = november.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.