Cryptic crossword clue
Returned as Wimbledon champion, glowing outwardly? 8

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

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The straight part
We know that "Returned" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case returned = reverted.
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 REVERTED mean?

REVERTED verb
  1. (now rare) To turn back, or turn to the contrary; to reverse.
  2. To throw back; to reflect; to reverberate.
  3. To cause to return to a former condition.
  4. (now rare) To return; to come back.
  5. To return to the possession of.
  6. To cause (a property or rights) to return to the previous owner.
  7. To return to a former practice, condition, belief, etc.
  8. To return to an earlier or primitive type or state; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type.
  9. To change back, as from a soluble to an insoluble state or the reverse.
  10. To take up again or return to a previous topic.
  11. (in Muslim usage, due to the belief that all people are born Muslim) To convert to Islam.
  12. (originally India, now also Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong) To reply (to correspondence, for example).
  13. To treat (a series, such as y = a + bx + cx2 + ..., where one variable y is expressed in powers of a second variable x), so as to find the second variable x expressed in a series arranged in powers of y.
REVERTED adjective
  1. That has gone back (to an earlier place, state etc.).
  2. Bent back, reversed.
  3. Directed backwards.

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