The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SYMPATHY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result SYMPATHY
- Northbound, my route cuts Sydney suburbs for comfort
- Starts to sneak your way into my compassion
- Fellow feeling coy about upsetting my little girl
- Fellow feeling inhibited accepts to lightly touch setter’s back
- Pity setter’s return route cuts suburbs of Sydney
- Start to accept the setter’s making a comeback and hit agreement
- Fellow feeling self-conscious about my upward caress
- Understanding my different approach, say is heartlessly overpowering
- Support unknown politician in hasty scheme
- Setter’s upward stroke blocks shot — pity!
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The straight part
We know that "comfort" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case comfort = sympathy.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 SYMPATHY mean?
SYMPATHY noun- A feeling of pity or sorrow for the suffering or distress of another; compassion.
- The ability to share the feelings of another.
- A mutual relationship between people or things such that they are correspondingly affected by any condition.
- Tendency towards or approval of the aims of a movement.
- Artistic harmony, as of shape or colour in a painting.