The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word STRANDED
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More clues leading to the result STRANDED
- How a rope must be held on the shore
- Unable to move with lengths of thread
- Left behind violin when hosting new low-level classes
- Somewhere near Fleet Street, editor is left behind
- Like rope abandoned?
- Left pearls — two strings
- Tube station to which the pressman was abandoned
- Left afar, ultimately amidst environment that’s beach-like?
- Isolated two ways to cross short mountain range
- Left editor on a London road
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Left" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case left = stranded.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.
What does STRANDED mean?
STRANDED verb- To run aground; to beach.
- To leave (someone) in a difficult situation; to abandon or desert.
- To cause the third out of an inning to be made, leaving a runner on base.
- To break a strand of (a rope).
- To form by uniting strands.
- (of a person) Abandoned or marooned.
- (of a vessel) Run aground on a shore or reef.
- (of a piece of wire) Made by combining or bundling thinner wires.
- (of expenses or costs) That has become unrecoverable or difficult to recover.
- (in combination) Having the specified number or kind of strands.