The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TEUTONIC
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More clues leading to the result TEUTONIC
- Regularly tied up, shot in the arm of German
- Time Brussels gets boost from Germany
- The pupil regularly top of class in German
- Like some Europeans needing boost, with EU taking time to intervene
- German not cute, I gathered
- After time, European organisation gets pick-me-up from Germany
- One cut it, could be German
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "German" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case german = teutonic.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.