The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word FOREMOST
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result FOREMOST
- First stronghold to protect an indefinite number after retreat
- Primary source of timber stifles second
- Leading Tories of reform: one’s ousted by May’s no.1
- First and second to enter wood
- Principal way of working cutting wood
- Wood covering empty mango’s top …
- Pre-eminent doctor in Midlands team
- First and second entering woodland
- A few rising in garrison will be top-ranked
- Keep holding back oddly stormier premier
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What does FOREMOST mean?
FOREMOST adjective- First, either in time or in space
- Most forward; front
- Of a higher rank or position; paramount
- Closest to the bow
- In front
- Prominently forward
- Especially; particularly