The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word APTITUDE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result APTITUDE
- Gift tied up at resort
- Fitness update is wrong to cover sex appeal
- Tied up at work acquiring skill
- Bent coppers replace team leader in position
- Exercise? It is embraced by poet mostly for fitness
- A dull truism, the French lacking ability!
- Cook pud and eat it for fitness
- A diet put out for fitness
- Bent posture, getting pressure for the first time
- Put a diet under review indicating intelligence
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What does APTITUDE mean?
APTITUDE noun- Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- The condition of being suitable.