The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ASSEMBLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ASSEMBLE
- Gather idiot has badge with end missing
- Get together, being clever, to get around flippingmess?
- Flipping chaos involved in island build
- Set up and clued up about mess up
- Build a ship with incomplete device
- Come together with capacity to contain revolutionary chaos
- Me and Abel jogging around ship getting fit together
- Disorder in retreat contained by skilful marshal
- Meet regular members of sestet during walk
- Bless me! Head of art arranged get together
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The straight part
We know that "Set up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case set up = assemble.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ASSEMBLE mean?
ASSEMBLE verb- To put together.
- To gather as a group.
- To translate from assembly language to machine code