The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EDENTATE
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More clues leading to the result EDENTATE
- Maybe anteater in garden, say, hiding head
- Toothless thank you note written by former PM
- Sloth maybe in UK tourist hotspots
- Like the sloth displayed in garden and gallery
- Gummy garden gallery
- GB tourist traps sloth for one
- Earl consumed by depression and sloth?
- Country’s leader going to display sloth, say
- Garden rubbish primarily encourages sloth, maybe
- In paradise, sugar merchant is toothless
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The straight part
We know that "Gurner maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gurner maybe = edentate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does EDENTATE mean?
EDENTATE noun- Any mammal that has few or no teeth, but especially the anteaters, armadillos, and sloths of the former order Edentata.
- Lacking teeth.
- Belonging to the Edentata.