The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCANDAL
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More clues leading to the result SCANDAL
- Boys returning outside prison creating shocking incident
- Survey youngster mounted causes outrage
- Caught in something afoot? This is shocking
- Disgraceful event boy recalled, on examination
- Glance at youngster upset in disgrace
- Flip-flop about Conservative’s disgraceful act
- Dirt Conservative’s found in shoe
- Extremely stoical about lawyer facing jail for slander
- Shocking thing: in cold, wearing open-toed footwear
- Object of much discussion caught in shoe
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The straight part
We know that "Dirt" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dirt = scandal.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SCANDAL mean?
SCANDAL noun- An incident or event that disgraces or damages the reputation of the persons or organization involved.
- Damage to one's reputation.
- Widespread moral outrage, indignation, as over an offence to decency.
- Religious discredit; an act or behaviour which brings a religion into discredit.
- Something which hinders acceptance of religious ideas or behaviour; a stumbling-block or offense.
- Defamatory talk; gossip, slander.
- To treat opprobriously; to defame; to slander.
- To scandalize; to offend.