The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SWASTIKA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SWASTIKA
- A tackle cuts returned cross
- What used to be on special kit carried by Sturmabteilung
- An outfit cuts retrogressive political symbol
- Many Nazis were armed with this
- “Hakenkreuz” – was it put back into music?
- Third Reich symbol was obscured by task I bungled
- Ask, was it upsetting this emblem of evil?
- Good man was trapped inside vast store, losing bearing, a mark of evil
- Ask, was it correct symbol?
- An emblem promoting a set of tools
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What does SWASTIKA mean?
SWASTIKA noun- A cross with arms of equal length all bent halfway along at a 90° angle to the right or to the left, used as a religious symbol by various ancient and modern civilizations, and adopted more recently (with arms angled to the right) as a symbol of National Socialism and fascism.
- (fascism, history, metonym) Nazi rule.