The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word PERIODIC
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More clues leading to the result PERIODIC
- Like a table in the chemistry lab?
- Occasional class I caught
- Regular exercise — shaving seconds off an Olympic record?
- Female spirit of poetry evident from time to time
- Peril of dice curtailed on this kind of table
- Recurring image about revolutionary party with rage
- Occasional inverted commas primarily seen after full stop
- Sort of table used by chemists from time to time
- Occasional table for scientist may be so described
- Like a table needed by chemist — I will contribute to it
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The straight part
We know that "Occasional" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case occasional = periodic.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does PERIODIC mean?
PERIODIC adjective- Relative to a period or periods.
- Having repeated cycles.
- Occurring at regular intervals.
- Periodical.
- Pertaining to the revolution of a celestial object in its orbit.
- (stochastic processes, of a state) For which any return to it must occur in multiples of k time steps, for some k>1.
- Having a structure characterized by periodic sentences.
- Relating to the highest oxidation state of iodine; Of or derived from a periodic acid.