Cryptic crossword clue
Paces about at home, close to staying, then getting away 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ESCAPING

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The straight part
We know that "getting away" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case getting away = escaping.
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 ESCAPING mean?

ESCAPING verb
  1. To get free; to free oneself.
  2. To avoid (any unpleasant person or thing); to elude, get away from.
  3. To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
  4. To elude the observation or notice of; to not be seen or remembered by.
  5. To cause (a single character, or all such characters in a string) to be interpreted literally, instead of with any special meaning it would usually have in the same context, often by prefixing with another character.
  6. To halt a program or command by pressing a key (such as the "Esc" key) or combination of keys.
ESCAPING noun
  1. The act of one who escapes; an escape.
  2. That which escapes or leaks out; an emission.

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