The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INVENTED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result INVENTED
- Designed home with inlets and outlets?
- False name employed in evident chicanery
- Designed home with escape routes?
- Created trendy outlet with comedian at its heart
- Made up by comic T Vine to cover pun’s finale about Germany
- Popular opening journalist came up with
- Discovered popular outlet with journalist
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The straight part
We know that "came up with" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case came up with = invented.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INVENTED mean?
INVENTED verb- To design a new process or mechanism.
- To create something fictional for a particular purpose.
- To come upon; to find; to discover.
- Fictional, made up, imaginary.