The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word UNEDITED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result UNEDITED
- Without improvement, varying sea level rises into crumbling dune
- University study about diet strangely not corrected
- Entire football team extremely excited to be included
- Big hack chops joint that’s raw
- Large body: dieted desperately but no different
- Balls trapped by team in Manchester, same as before
- Posh new sweetheart’s daughter on silly diet, not yet checked
- Tune died out, in need of revising
- Not having been polished by daily?
- One includes copy of subsequent two letters, as originally written
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The straight part
We know that "in need of revising" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case in need of revising = unedited.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does UNEDITED mean?
UNEDITED adjective- Not having been altered from the original version; not edited.