Cryptic crossword clue
Protozoa found in crushed ice's besieging the westbound detective 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CILIATES

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The straight part
We know that "Protozoa" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case protozoa = ciliates.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CILIATES mean?

CILIATES noun
  1. Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia.

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