The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word YIELDING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result YIELDING
- Conceding Yankee playing cricket has no following
- Giving up being soft?
- Lie dying, unfortunately giving in
- Diligently ignoring timeline in order to be flexible
- Having some spring produce in garden’s front border
- Giving
- Conceding close to century, fellow’s out playing cricket
- In hand? Journey’s end for women in van delivering
- Amenable Scottish individual embodying the opposite of casual at golf
- Dying, lie sprawled out, giving way
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The straight part
We know that "giving up" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case giving up = yielding.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 YIELDING mean?
YIELDING verb- To pay, give in payment; repay, recompense; reward; requite.
- To furnish; to afford; to render; to give forth.
- To give way; to allow another to pass first.
- To give as required; to surrender, relinquish or capitulate.
- To give, or give forth, (anything).
- To give way; to succumb to a force.
- To produce as return, as from an investment.
- To produce as a result.
- To produce a particular sound as the result of a sound law.
- (of a material specimen) To pass the material's yield point and undergo plastic deformation.
- To admit to be true; to concede; to allow.
- Docile, or inclined to give way to pressure.
- A concession.