The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word LOCH NESS
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More clues leading to the result LOCH NESS
- See board game about new monster’s home
- Scottish location famous for its adaptable mentors!
- Left chosen ground beginning to see monstrous location?
- Starts to sing song Leonard Cohen’s written about dangerous water?
- Look over church on headland, Scottish landmark
- Behold game featuring captured knight in monster’s lair
- See Urquhart Castle here and see church on headland
- Reduce criticism of Spooner’s monstrous body
- Drifting, leaderless, anchorless right away in lake
- See what mate could finish around new tourist site
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The straight part
We know that "dangerous water" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dangerous water = loch ness.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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