The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NEARSIDE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NEARSIDE
- Describing part of car raised unexpectedly in northeast
- Britain's left PM a couple short, going back through north-east
- Car’s left in Britain, dense air circulating
- British Left’s ungenerous arrogance
- Approach inventor who’s returning, not on the left in UK
- The left in Britain almost dies after reorganisation
- Left in Britain in November, gaining attention with ITV, say?
- Car’s left in road, see, abandoned, nothing having been stolen
- Its right for an American to be left in Britain
- See drain burst here if in car?
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What does NEARSIDE mean?
NEARSIDE noun- The side of a road vehicle nearest to the kerb: the left side if one drives on the left of the road.
- The face of the Moon nearest the Earth.
- A streetcar designed to discharge passengers on the near side of an intersection, rather than the far side.