The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 3 plus 1 plus 4 letter word GOING FOR A SONG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result GOING FOR A SONG
- Fetching number available at a bargain
- Selecting a ballad that’s cheap
- Travelling to the record shop, perhaps, is cheap
- It’s cheap and any number can get it, apparently
- It’s cheap, and any number can get it apparently
- Fetching a son’s grand, being sold for a trifle
- Fetching article, number costing much less than it should
- Attacking cooking on gas that’s cheap
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The straight part
We know that "cheap/cheap" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cheap/cheap = going for a song.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.