The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OINKING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result OINKING
- Old writing, sound from pen?
- Love in man making beastly noises
- Nothing in piece to suggest porker cries
- Noise from Tamworth boozer’s commonest character — popular man
- Beastly tonic is ok in gin cocktail
- Joker out to fall in with ruler making beastly noises
- Love writing, making pen noises?
- Sound of hogs at home interrupting blessing
- Nothing in family good – sounding like a swine?
- Acting like pigs love writing
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The straight part
We know that "making beastly noises" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case making beastly noises = oinking.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 OINKING mean?
OINKING verb- Of a pig or in imitation thereof, to make its characteristic sound.