The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word NINEPINS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result NINEPINS
- In game, stand at first behind square leg
- Game taking up half the golf course?
- Square cut turns game
- They get knocked down in alleys
- Awful ninnies holding power — they fall dramatically
- Square holds game
- Square cut up in game
- These bowled over in game?
- Skittles over 22: Vladimir Ilyich loses his head
- One over the eight may fall in this activity at the pub?
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What does NINEPINS mean?
NINEPINS noun- The wooden pin used in the game of ninepins; a skittle.