The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word STAR SIGN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result STAR SIGN
- Maybe Leo has prominent role, singing regularly
- Scorpion or crab’s untimely end from stingrays, perhaps?
- Indication of a superior house
- Playing “A” strings, possibly scales
- An indication of a division in high places
- Leo perhaps in second warning about sailor
- Celebrity on mixed gins — Leo, perhaps
- Flamboyant Grant’s is Aquarius
- . Straightens out, but not the house
- Cancer, for example, finally being discovered in new strains
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The straight part
We know that "possibly scales" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case possibly scales = star sign.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.