The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word VISITORS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result VISITORS
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The straight part
We know that "away team" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case away team = visitors.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does VISITORS mean?
VISITORS noun- Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest.
- Someone who pays a visit to a specific place or event; a sightseer or tourist.
- (usually in the plural) Someone, or a team, that is playing away from home.
- A person authorized to visit an institution to see that it is being managed properly.
- An extraterrestrial being on Earth for any reason.
- An object which lands or passes by Earth or its orbit.
- A head or overseer of an institution such as a college (in which case, equivalent to the university's chancellor) or cathedral or hospital, who resolves disputes, gives ceremonial speeches, etc.
- The object in the visitor pattern that performs an operation on the elements of a structure one by one.