The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EVERYONE
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More clues leading to the result EVERYONE
- Always those old English seeing the whole world
- Energy in a high degree united all
- All that is found in unopened grave
- The whole world always has that energy
- Right person chasing sweetheart, that’s all
- All extremely acceptable among Europeans
- All that stored in a big mountain? No way
- All musical brothers getting left off single
- Mobile network features really relating to the masses
- Part of chore very onerous for people, without exception
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The straight part
We know that "the masses" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the masses = everyone.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 EVERYONE mean?
EVERYONE pronoun- Every person.