The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word GUBBINS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result GUBBINS
- Bacterium having arisen, discards scraps
- Fault returning, discards device
- Food not right, throws away rubbish
- Trouble recurring, discards rubbish
- Catch disease, turning whatchamacallit
- Catch spy hanging up a device
- After illness recedes, throws out rubbish
- . . . . stupid manager’s action, having had to change ends
- Catch insect flying up in gadget
- Paraphernalia in waste receptacles: harmful thing rejected earlier
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What does GUBBINS mean?
GUBBINS noun- Silly person; fool.
- Fragments; parings; scraps (especially of fish).
- Assorted stuff, especially if of little value; tat.