The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word REGIONAL
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More clues leading to the result REGIONAL
- Criminal or genial local
- A lingo developed after lesson for district
- Local Iron Age construction’s closer to hill
- Bubbly galore in local
- District‘s “number one” in beer coming up
- Territorial lion bursting with rage
- Like some food, best kept by drink on reflection
- Like some food say on island following recipe with bit of lavishness
- Legionary endlessly switching sides in part of country
- Drunk on lager, imbibing one in local
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What does REGIONAL mean?
REGIONAL noun- An entity or event with scope limited to a single region.
- Of, or pertaining to, a specific region or district.
- Of, or pertaining to, a large geographic region.
- Of, or pertaining to, one part of the body.
- Of a state or other geographic area, those parts which are not metropolitan, but are somewhat densely populated and usually contain a number of significant towns.