The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word REALISED
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More clues leading to the result REALISED
- Leader is poorly understood
- Saw one’s been taken in by crooked dealer
- Leaders I frantically got ready for
- Accomplished leader is devious
- Encashed money by upwardly mobile NRI
- Overwhelmed by uncontrolled desire, a lady's conceived!
- ...learnt about mistaken ideals
- Came to know dealer is bogus
- Understood dealer is worried
- Dealer is excited — what’s converted into cash?
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The straight part
We know that "Saw" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case saw = realised.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 REALISED mean?
REALISED verb- To make real; to convert from the imaginary or fictitious into reality; to bring into real existence
- To become aware of (a fact or situation, especially of something that has been true for a long time).
- To cause to seem real; to sense vividly or strongly; to make one's own in thought or experience.
- To acquire as an actual possession; to obtain as the result of plans and efforts; to gain; to get
- To convert any kind of property into money, especially property representing investments, such as shares, bonds, etc.
- To convert into real property; to make real estate of.
- To turn an abstract linguistic object into actual language, especially said of a phoneme's conversion into speech sound.