The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CROSSCUT
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More clues leading to the result CROSSCUT
- Put out left-leaning workers’ organisation: it goes against the grain
- It’s going against the grain to be angry, not completely adorable
- Peevish omission that goes against the grain …
- It goes against the grain to cuss heartless compiler? Possibly
- From a corner, saw scouts assembling behind empty car
- Bad-tempered copper at junction in 1 Dn. and 15 Ac.
- A simple way to thwart shot in cricket
- Constructs building after removing new joint to intersect
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The straight part
We know that "it goes against the grain" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it goes against the grain = crosscut.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.
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What does CROSSCUT mean?
CROSSCUT noun- A crosswise cut.
- A shortcut.
- An instance of filmic crosscutting.
- A crosscut saw.
- A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another.
- To cut across something.
- To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes.