The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CURTAINS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CURTAINS
- Death cover’s pointless in the end
- It’s the end for some that are hung!
- The end of short article defending international society
- Death — by hanging?
- Death in short, a terrible sin
- Those on the rails, passing?
- Abrupt in parts when coming to the end
- It’s the end for some home furnishings
- The end of acts in play touring old city
- Death from ruin, cast out
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The straight part
We know that "It’s the end for some/home furnishings" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it’s the end for some/home furnishings = curtains.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CURTAINS mean?
CURTAINS noun- A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
- A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
- (by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
- (fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
- (also "final curtain") Death.
- That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
- A flag; an ensign.
- To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
- To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
- (in reference to curtains closing at the end of a stage show) An end, death
- A ring of clear liquid, forming into drops, near the top of a glass of fortified wine; the result of differential evaporation of alcohol and subsequent changes in surface tension; an example of the Marangoni effect