The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word OPERATED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OPERATED
- Ran over dear pet — tragic!
- Worked a long time having made choice for container
- Perhaps Aida and Ted will get engaged
- … piece of music, emptied out those diamonds and ran!
- Performed and spoke gripping edges of page
- Worked in musical show with Irish father on TV?
- Pontificated about exercise – a classical music loving soft toy
- Chose to save time and ran
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The straight part
We know that "Performed" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case performed = operated.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OPERATED mean?
OPERATED verb- To perform a work or labour; to exert power or strength, physical or mechanical; to act.
- To produce an appropriate physical effect; to issue in the result designed by nature; especially to take appropriate effect on the human system.
- To act or produce effect on the mind; to exert moral power or influence.
- To perform some manual act upon a human body in a methodical manner, and usually with instruments, with a view to restore soundness or health, as in amputation, lithotomy, etc.
- To deal in stocks or any commodity with a view to speculative profits.
- To produce, as an effect; to cause.
- To put into, or to continue in, operation or activity; to work.
- (in combination) operated by the means specified e.g. a battery-operated toy
- Having undergone an operation