The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 14 letter word TATTERDEMALION
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More clues leading to the result TATTERDEMALION
- Shabby tent, tailor-made originally
- Animal tottered about, a ragged creature
- Dilapidated tailor-made tent is thrown out
- Attend tailor, me? Unlikely
- Being abused detrimental to a scruffy person
- Tailor-made tent prepared for ragamuffin
- Scruffy person, awfully maltreated one in a fashion
- It's detrimental to a wayward tramp
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The straight part
We know that "Dilapidated" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dilapidated = tatterdemalion.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TATTERDEMALION mean?
TATTERDEMALION noun- A person with tattered clothing.
- Tattered.