The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DERANGED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DERANGED
- Disturbed and called into action
- Called into action and driven mad
- Document banks called crazy
- Called into action? That's mad
- Mad to have gardened in a storm
- Indeed, called crazy
- Cuckoo seen in borders of desolate wild garden
- Driven mad by half-hearted performance getting cooker installed
- Ditheringly dredge — and mostly in the wrong place
- Called into action – driven mad
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The straight part
We know that "Lunatic" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lunatic = deranged.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DERANGED mean?
DERANGED verb- (chiefly passive) To cause (someone) to go insane or become deranged.
- To cause disorder in (something); to distort from its ideal state.
- To disrupt somebody's plans, to inconvenience someone; derail.
- Disturbed or upset, especially mentally
- Insane