The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DOGGEREL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DOGGEREL
- What may suffer from mangled feet and badly gored leg?
- Bank introducing easy loans from the outset? Nonsense
- Bank on the Spanish for poor verse
- . Sea area next to the Spanish lines
- . Bull gored leg badly
- North Sea region taken by the Spanish? Nonsense
- Bad poetry and heartless drivel about poor George
- English Literature initially taken by person following verse
- Tenacious, endlessly referring to line in comic verse
- “Bank — rely — extremists fly”: worse verse!
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The straight part
We know that "Nonsense" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case nonsense = doggerel.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.
What does DOGGEREL mean?
DOGGEREL noun- A comic or humorous verse, usually irregular in measure.
- Of a crude or irregular construction. (Originally applied to humorous verse, but now to verse lacking artistry or meaning.)