The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ANCHORED
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More clues leading to the result ANCHORED
- Cockney worker accepting dull job fast
- Secured in place with unpleasant work to do inside
- … and captured job that’s secure
- A new jobdaughter secured
- Secured routine job and set about it
- Tied up without work!
- Duty taken in and fixed
- Stuck in Rancho Redondo
- Firmly in place, and accepting job
- Moored and set about task
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The straight part
We know that "Secured in place" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case secured in place = anchored.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ANCHORED mean?
ANCHORED verb- To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
- To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
- To stop; to fix or rest.
- To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
- To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
- To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
- Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor.