The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NICHOLAS
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More clues leading to the result NICHOLAS
- ... inch also, recollected guy
- Man swimming in a loch beginning to shiver
- Colin has changed his name
- Bloke Colin has upset
- Parsons, say, with nothing under their cassocks, we hear?
- Short pleasant vacation entertaining a saint
- Has Colin beaten this chap?
- Parsons maybe going commando for crying out loud!
- Parsons maybe going commando, we’re told
- Former Russian leader and I clash on showing ‘perestroika’
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "Parsons maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case parsons maybe = nicholas.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.