The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCAFFOLD
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More clues leading to the result SCAFFOLD
- Diner supplied sandwiches, building support
- Temporary framework round truck stop is disposed of
- Support is gone surrounding greasy spoon
- Hanging here, a pair of females dress down to go outside
- Place to hang small greasy spoon, antique
- State in which Pierre is welcoming coffee bar on deserted oil platform
- Platform for a couple of fellows in lecture
- It’s put up for work on the outside
- A spot of capital punishment
- Lecture encompassing a very strong framework
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The straight part
We know that "It’s put up for work on the outside" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s put up for work on the outside = scaffold.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCAFFOLD mean?
SCAFFOLD noun- A structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
- An elevated platform on which a criminal is executed.
- An elevated platform on which dead bodies are ritually disposed of, as by some Native American tribes.
- An accumulation of adherent, partly fused material forming a shelf or dome-shaped obstruction above the tuyeres in a blast furnace.
- A structure that provides support for some other material.
- To set up a scaffolding; to surround a building with scaffolding.
- To sustain; to provide support for.
- To dispose of the bodies of the dead on a scaffold or raised platform, as by some Native American tribes.