The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CASSETTE
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More clues leading to the result CASSETTE
- Container, not exactly small, I made smaller
- Recorder would accommodate this tortuous test case
- Visible from Veronica’s settee, container for recording
- Recording put in class
- Old video format prescribed in class
- Group in project facing unlimited red tape
- Toxic asset temporarily securing storage unit
- Musical recorder put in class?
- Tape bag up, then most of Hoskins?
- Class about television tape
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What does CASSETTE mean?
CASSETTE noun- A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material.
- Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner
- A lightproof container for photographic film.
- A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function.
- A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub.
- A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln)