The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ENVIABLE
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More clues leading to the result ENVIABLE
- English knight, practical, provoking jealousy
- Printing unit, sound and arousing jealousy
- Fortunate having sanction limiting old bomb
- Appealing sort of dash, like a 25
- Privileged, having permit to go round Virgin Islands
- Brief demise by way of bullet oddly to be desired
- Quarters that can survive — that one wishes one had
- Men to go topless — possible, and highly desirable
- Inevitable without it becoming sought-after
- Ten late in beginning. Six clever and very impressive
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The straight part
We know that "arousing jealousy" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case arousing jealousy = enviable.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ENVIABLE mean?
ENVIABLE adjective- Arousing or likely to arouse envy.