The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIRT
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More clues leading to the result DIRT
- A lot discounted spiteful gossip over Charlie and Rick
- Medic becoming enmeshed in sex scandal
- Involving muck but little brass?
- Tried cycling without energy? It’s rubbish
- Earth turned over in neat ridges
- Broke free from below rocky mass, Teletubby captive
- Spiteful gossip that needs cleaning up
- In desperate need of way out, perhaps involving bad trip
- Girl's right! It's gossip
- Earth is tired out, with no energy
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The straight part
We know that "A lot discounted" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a lot discounted = dirt.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DIRT mean?
DIRT noun- Soil or earth.
- A stain or spot (on clothes etc); any foreign substance that worsens appearance.
- Previously unknown facts, or the invented "facts", about a person.
- Meanness; sordidness.
- In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing.
- Freckles
- To make foul or filthy; soil; befoul; dirty