Cryptic crossword clue
Unusually, Vatican City needing no prison industry 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word ACTIVITY

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The straight part
We know that "industry" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case industry = activity.
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.
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What does ACTIVITY mean?

ACTIVITY noun
  1. The state or quality of being active; activeness.
  2. Something done as an action or a movement.
  3. Something done for pleasure or entertainment, especially one involving movement or an excursion.
  4. (grammar) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time and have no natural end point.

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