The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CENOTAPH
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CENOTAPH
- Memorial is not cheap, unfortunately
- Elevated single drum in church is a memorial
- Monument that’s not cheap to assemble
- Monument not cheap to repair
- War memorial discovered by musicians in London with drum entering church
- Touch number read as Arabic in church monument
- Chap not curious about English monument
- Monument path once repaired
- Eccentric Eton chap’s memorial
- Rogue can’t hope for monument
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What does CENOTAPH mean?
CENOTAPH noun- A monument, especially in the form of an empty tomb, erected to honour the dead whose bodies lie elsewhere; especially members of the armed forces who died in battle.