The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CRAYFISH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CRAYFISH
- Fail to take in variable poem about aquatic creatures
- Caught two swimmers and a crustacean
- 29‘s wi-fi picked up bang outside
- Factory ship processed missing parts of pot
- Crustacean caught by skate and another aquatic creature
- Many beam if around mum and little nipper
- Caught skate then trawl perhaps for crustaceans
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The straight part
We know that "little nipper" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case little nipper = crayfish.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRAYFISH mean?
CRAYFISH verb- To backpedal, desert or withdraw (also used with out).
- Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.
- A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).
- The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family.
- To catch crayfish