The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SUSPENDS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SUSPENDS
- Holds up dispatches about American power
- Discontinues passes to tour America
- American writes about the onset of despair after son hangs
- Stops Susanna acquiring pass
- Shelves in which American lifted forks out
- Freezes disbursals, including American
- Small tips hold second shelves
- Shelves and posts incorporating distinctive feature
- Puts off giving passes to let us in
- Delays passes with a bit of uncanny skill
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The straight part
We know that "Shelves" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shelves = suspends.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 SUSPENDS mean?
SUSPENDS verb- To halt something temporarily.
- To hold in an undetermined or undecided state.
- To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event.
- To hang freely; underhang.
- To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- To make to depend.
- To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc.
- To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- (travel) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.