The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RELEGATE
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More clues leading to the result RELEGATE
- Move downwards is concerning Papal ambassador
- Lower rank encapsulates English cricket side
- Put down Republican representative abandoning daughter
- Lower rank includes English cricket side
- Ruler's elevated emissary is lower in rank
- Sportingly move down on member before tea break
- Agree let for building and move to a worse place
- Downgrade outspoken scandal to do with Auntie?
- Put lower limb in a tree swaying
- Put down attendee at conference wanting new leader
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The straight part
We know that "sportingly move down (a league)" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case sportingly move down (a league) = relegate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RELEGATE mean?
RELEGATE verb- Exile, banish, remove, or send away.
- (in extended use) Consign or assign.
- Refer or submit.
- (history) A person who has been banished from proximity to Rome for a set time, but without losing his civil rights.
- Relegated; exiled.