The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RESEMBLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RESEMBLE
- Sort of mirror on small badge cut off
- Be like part of Empire's emblem
- To take after beer’s drunk with Mel
- Be like Ypres, emblematic to some extent
- Look like rowdy males lacking a beer
- Favour beer with meals, rejecting Australian bubbly
- Get back together, as losing favour
- Look like engineer put together without a son
- Reflection of me caught in rebel’s broken mirror
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The straight part
We know that "Look like" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case look like = resemble.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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What does RESEMBLE mean?
RESEMBLE verb- To be like or similar to (something); to represent as similar.
- To compare; to regard as similar, to liken.
- To counterfeit; to imitate.
- To cause to imitate or be like; to make similar.