Cryptic crossword clue
Hay cooked with duck egg, soft inside – a morbid diet 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word GEOPHAGY

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The straight part
We know that "a morbid diet" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a morbid diet = geophagy.
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 GEOPHAGY mean?

GEOPHAGY noun
  1. The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.

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