Cryptic crossword clue
Taken in by a princess, a Greek goddess, a saint and a small boy 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DIGESTED

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The straight part
We know that "Taken in" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case taken in = digested.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does DIGESTED mean?

DIGESTED verb
  1. To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application.
  2. To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme.
  3. To think over and arrange methodically in the mind; to reduce to a plan or method; to receive in the mind and consider carefully; to get an understanding of; to comprehend.
  4. To bear comfortably or patiently; to be reconciled to; to brook.
  5. To expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations.
  6. To undergo digestion.
  7. To suppurate; to generate pus, as an ulcer.
  8. To cause to suppurate, or generate pus, as an ulcer or wound.
  9. To ripen; to mature.
  10. To quieten or reduce (a negative feeling, such as anger or grief)

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