The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONSIDER
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result CONSIDER
- Deliberate trick by team with little resistance
- Take into account son cried when upset
- Think left winger is upset after Tory takes first place
- Think about new sin in revised credo
- Think right, following Tory party
- Think about drink, welcoming prodigal son
- Chew over Cook’s opening with eleven runs
- Reflect on society consumed by alcohol
- Judge is firm with staff member maybe losing head
- Judge in Tory party, first to resign
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The straight part
We know that "Think about" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case think about = consider.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CONSIDER mean?
CONSIDER verb- To think about seriously.
- To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.
- To think of doing.
- (ditransitive) To assign some quality to.
- To look at attentively.
- To take up as an example.
- (parliamentary procedure) To debate (or dispose of) a motion.
- To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.