The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GANGLION
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More clues leading to the result GANGLION
- Band hero a bundle of nerves
- Courageous person follows criminal group into nerve centre
- Pack animal has problem with tendon
- Group meeting brave man with a swelling
- Hero of group in nerve centre
- Mob hero is bundle of nerves
- Nerve centre workers needing person of courage
- Group chased by big cat becoming a bundle of nerves
- Going after criminals, hero is a bundle of nerves
- Courageous person getting behind band — that shows a bit of nerve
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The straight part
We know that "problem with /ten/don" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case problem with /ten/don = ganglion.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does GANGLION mean?
GANGLION noun- An encapsulated collection of nerve-cell bodies, located outside the brain and spinal cord.
- Any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
- (by extension) A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc.
- A cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule; a ganglion cyst.