The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TACITURN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TACITURN
- Whip raised, I go for mum
- Understood piece of pottery is reserved
- Withdrawn train cut for engineering work?
- Antisocial cat comes back and I go off
- One unpleasant woman backing revolution, not saying much
- Quiet, considerate attitude about one funerary ornament
- Understood vase is rarely open
- The first to twitch curtain is weirdly antisocial
- Silent act I developed with short performance
- Disinclined to speak of it with Bill going into shock
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What does TACITURN mean?
TACITURN adjective- Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
- Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.