The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word RING ROAD
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RING ROAD
- Contact staff about centre for heart bypass
- Way of getting round heart bypass?
- Heart in theatre grind or suffering bypass?
- Organ played in clear way around town
- Band reportedly travelled on bypass
- Roundabout way conveyed by words, cryptically
- Moving around a grind? Or use this to avoid jams?
- On which toll booths would be most appropriate?
- It’s all round the town, of interest to motorists
- Call on the way going round the city
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The straight part
We know that "Way of getting round heart/bypass" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case way of getting round heart/bypass = ring road.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.