The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DECIPHER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result DECIPHER
- He priced up crack
- Month in Portugal starts: that woman's break
- Doctor inhales lit piece
- I perched awkwardly to find crack
- Make out meaning of price he’d fabricated
- Understand, after 12th month, Apple product no longer on insurance, essentially
- Understand pressure on the woman after start of festive month
- Picture he’d held back requires years almost to make sense of
- Princess going around the city, putting pressure on that woman to make out
- Make out with date here, pic will be distributed
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The straight part
We know that "Understand" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case understand = decipher.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 DECIPHER mean?
DECIPHER noun- A decipherment; a decoding.
- To decode or decrypt a code or cipher to plain text.
- To read text that is almost illegible or obscure.
- To find a solution to a problem.