The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word RECAPTURE
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More clues leading to the result RECAPTURE
- Get back from city in sheer delight
- Take back City, overcome by ecstatic delight
- Take back on board
- United captain first to fill double on recovery
- Get back using transport around City area
- Get back, using transport outside city area
- Get back from European capital, initially in great joy
- City area in ecstasy, showing recovery
- Again, liable to be dry outside, goes for retake
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The straight part
We know that "Take back" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case take back = recapture.The cryptic/wordplay part
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Crossword Answer definitions
RECAPTURE noun- The act of capturing again.
- That which is captured back; a prize retaken.
- The retroactive collection of taxes that were not collectible at the time.
- To capture something for a second or subsequent time, especially after a loss.