The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word INSPIRED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result INSPIRED
- Stirred spin about Italy’s head Communist
- Popular feature of church deacon originally encouraged
- Imaginative ticket tout almost got in, dressed like Wayne Rooney
- Sinbeaten with divine intervention
- Brought about by misguided pride in son at first
- Encouraged to rectify sin and pride
- Brilliant and trendy, like a church?
- Remarkable home looking like a church
- Impressive within, like some churches
- Fashionable Oxford feature, Oxford ultimately being wonderful
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The straight part
We know that "with divine intervention" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case with divine intervention = inspired.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INSPIRED mean?
INSPIRED verb- To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by inspiration.
- To infuse into; to affect, as with a superior or supernatural influence; to fill with what animates, enlivens or exalts; to communicate inspiration to.
- To draw in by the operation of breathing; to inhale.
- To infuse by breathing, or as if by breathing.
- To breathe into; to fill with the breath; to animate.
- To spread rumour indirectly.
- Having excellence through inspiration.
- Filled with inspiration or motivated.