The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LONESOME
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result LONESOME
- One's honour in life less if solitary
- Wanting company to advance money, as you might say?
- Maybe needing company to advance money, as you’d say
- See setter embracing individuals lacking love
- Left with drink, therefore this writer’s feeling isolated
- Student meets someone adrift without friends in LA?
- Lacking a chum to advance money, you’d say?
- The writer supports orchestra accommodating individual solo
- Apparently out of date filling to spoil one’s omelette
- Loose men terribly in need of company?
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The straight part
We know that "lacking love" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case lacking love = lonesome.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LONESOME mean?
LONESOME noun- Oneself alone.
- Unhappy due to being alone; lonely.