The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DUNGEON
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More clues leading to the result DUNGEON
- Waste material one’s thrown in underground cell
- Place of confinement debt collector has no say about
- Debt-collector gone mad in underground cell
- Animal droppings disturbed one in cell?
- Keep prisoners in it
- Horse and dope found around old prison cell
- Muck over time found in subterraneous accommodation
- Waste time in oubliette
- Done messing with gun: prison the result
- Place for prisoner that's done for misbehaving with gun?
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The straight part
We know that "underground cell" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case underground cell = dungeon.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DUNGEON mean?
DUNGEON noun- An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
- The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
- A shrewd person.
- (games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.
- (BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- To imprison in a dungeon.