The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HARRIDAN
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More clues leading to the result HARRIDAN
- Scold desperate man ousting Rex’s son?
- Difficult to forget the last and worst point about nag
- Hard rain disturbed shrew
- Shrewish woman badgered, some might say, a knight
- Virago shows impulsive desire in hot island
- Battle-axe? King and I protected by tough one
- Tough to maintain romance at first, one with an ogress
- Vixen kept secret article that’s arrived in the interim
- Nag hurt— 26 recalled
- Domineering woman and son dropping off type of tweed with short Scandinavian
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The straight part
We know that "Battle-axe?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case battle-axe? = harridan.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HARRIDAN mean?
HARRIDAN noun- A vicious and scolding woman, especially an older one.