The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word SOFT SPOT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SOFT SPOT
- Weakness regularly found in ship and other vessel
- Liking vessel, regularly boarding ship first
- Weakness that’s not hard to see
- Liking temple, for example?
- Weakness for very loud ties, at first turning heads
- Weakness that’s easy to see
- Weakness in the end solvers frequently see
- Liking quiet place
- After start of season frequently see weakness
- It’s not hard to detect an affectionate feeling
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The straight part
We know that "Liking" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case liking = soft spot.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.
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