The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SUITABLE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SUITABLE
- Fit clothing, a dirty uniform getting cast off
- Appropriate regular pieces from studio furniture item
- Fitting uniform, it's in black
- Appropriate uniform I used in firm
- Appropriate action needs a belief, oddly
- Outfit that’s fit and fit
- Appropriate to take legal action over mouldy balti
- Appropriate to become qualified
- Right in America upset, albeit wrongly
- Fit one American up with item of furniture
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What does SUITABLE mean?
SUITABLE adjective- Having sufficient or the required properties for a certain purpose or task; appropriate to a certain occasion.