The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SOMBRERO
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More clues leading to the result SOMBRERO
- Hat, gloomy in colour — the reverse of golden
- Card game introduced by senior? Old hat
- Mexican hat grey with skin of rhino!
- A few men returned bearing British headgear
- Doctor wearing redder old hat
- Very masculine British love god removing square hat
- Angry about maiden over: bowled, run out – what’s needed when cap’s not up to the job?
- . Medic wears more painful old headgear
- Melancholy men reversed in top gear
- Gloomy gold returned
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What does SOMBRERO mean?
SOMBRERO noun- A kind of hat with a high conical or cylindrical crown and a saucer-shaped brim, highly embroidered, made of plush felt.
- A mixed drink with coffee liqueur and cream.
- A series of four consecutive strikes.