The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word DAMNATION
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result DAMNATION
- Eternal punishment in The Netherlands?
- Eternal punishment in Mother land?
- Hell putting Mexico, perhaps, behind wall
- Flipping angry people can be hell
- Flipping angry with people, dagnabbit!
- Check and state oath
- Curses mother country
- Hopeless situation in country south of barrier
- Curses motherland?
- After crazy rising, people getting endless punishment
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The straight part
We know that "Hell" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hell = damnation.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 DAMNATION mean?
DAMNATION noun- The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.
- Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.