The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RUDENESS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RUDENESS
- Impropriety when sundresses peeled off
- Doctor enured on ship to boorish behaviour
- Regrets accepting retreat with singular lack of civility
- Entering study, regrets son’s lack of culture
- Insolence regretted, we hear, to Head
- Vulgarity endures sadly with first of sketches
- Game at Millwall’s ground starts to erupt so suddenly — loutish behaviour
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The straight part
We know that "loutish behaviour" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case loutish behaviour = rudeness.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does RUDENESS mean?
RUDENESS noun- The property of being rude.
- A rude remark or behaviour.