The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SWEATSHOP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SWEATSHOP
- Explosive tape shows workplace with poor conditions
- Factory whose past is shocking
- Old soldiers work after hours in place employing cheap labour
- A pet show’s organised in nasty factory
- Illicit tapes show awful working environment
- Abused sew hats and work here?
- Edited tapes show workplace with appalling conditions
- How a pest’s ruined workplace — not nice!
- . Hops wildly after hard work in a bad working environment
- . Factory providing poor pay makes stopwatches out of Connecticut
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The straight part
We know that "awful working environment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case awful working environment = sweatshop.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 SWEATSHOP mean?
SWEATSHOP noun- A factory or other place of work where pay is low and conditions are poor or even illegal.