The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RESTATED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RESTATED
- Again declared country debtridden?
- Said again in desert at resort
- Piece of data in plant, confirmed
- Looking embarrassed about condition being mentioned again
- Repeated danger signal goes around the country
- Communist’s taken over country, in other words
- In other words, visibly embarrassed about condition
- Country in grip of left-winger, in other words
- ‘Country in debt’? Didn’t tell us anything new
- Put another way, Communist embraces government
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The straight part
We know that "Said again" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case said again = restated.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RESTATED mean?
RESTATED verb- To state again (without changing)
- To state differently; to rephrase