The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCRAPPED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SCRAPPED
- Fought: took axe to?
- Lose sports day, having fought
- Priest in tricky situation died, abandoned
- Fought to be made redundant
- Rushed to collect rubbish that’s thrown away
- Abandoned fight leads to punters expressing disapproval
- Fought little bit with journalist penning page
- Came to blows — no longer retained
- Had a fight, getting thrown out
- “One-day diet” taken from discredited eating program is abandoned
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The straight part
We know that "abandoned" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case abandoned = scrapped.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.
What does SCRAPPED mean?
SCRAPPED verb- To discard.
- (of a project or plan) To stop working on indefinitely.
- To scrapbook; to create scrapbooks.
- To dispose of at a scrapyard.
- To make into scrap.
- To fight