Cryptic crossword clue
Inner circle curving inward around line 8

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

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What does CONCLAVE mean?

CONCLAVE noun
  1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
  2. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
  3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

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