Cryptic crossword clue
Extra journo providing clout 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WHACK

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What does WHACK mean?

WHACK adjective
  1. Egregious.
  2. Bad (not good), inauthentic, of an inferior quality, contemptible, lacking integrity, lame, or strange.
  3. Crazy, mad, insane.
  4. Cool, bizarre, and potentially scary.
WHACK noun
  1. The sound of a heavy strike.
  2. The strike itself.
  3. The stroke itself, regardless of its successful impact.
  4. An attempt, a chance, a turn, a go, originally an attempt to beat someone or something.
  5. (originally Britain cant) A share, a portion, especially a full share or large portion.
  6. A whack-up: a division of an amount into separate whacks, a divvying up.
  7. A deal, an agreement.
  8. The backslash, ⟨ \ ⟩.
WHACK verb
  1. To hit, slap or strike.
  2. To kill, bump off.
  3. To share or parcel out; often with up.
  4. To beat convincingly; to thrash.
  5. (usually in the negative) To surpass; to better.

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