The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NUMEROUS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NUMEROUS
- Many use rum on bananas
- Many of our menus must be updated
- Many distributed our menus
- 8 in varied menu — almost get excited
- Legion’s native wit apprehends bird turning right
- Many fancy our menus
- Legion of dead nearly stir with energy elevated
- A lot of our menu’s rewritten
- Lots of euros lost supporting miners
- Many will show common sense stifling hesitation after hesitation
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The straight part
We know that "Lots" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lots = numerous.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 NUMEROUS mean?
NUMEROUS adjective- Indefinitely large numerically, many.