The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INTERNET
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More clues leading to the result INTERNET
- One seabird in trap where people surf?
- Place trap underground with modern technology
- Imprison leaders of encrypted terrorist communications infrastructure
- Popular with surfers, Bury – clear?
- Different ending for one held by web
- Source of information in the Times about bird
- Web of global proportions to detain space traveller
- Cut short political prisoner’s time in cyberspace
- Here, blogs are reporting where Yorkshireman’s shot finished?
- Computer service hospital worker finds alien
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The straight part
We know that "(something) popular with (web) surfers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case (something) popular with (web) surfers = internet.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.
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What does INTERNET mean?
INTERNET noun- Any set of computer networks that communicate using the Internet Protocol. (An intranet.)
- The Internet, the largest global internet.
- An internet connection, internet connectivity, access to the internet.
- A fictitious unit of scoring, awarded for making outstanding posts.
- To use the Internet; to search for something using the Internet; to surf the Internet.