The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 plus 7 letter word DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result DAYLIGHT ROBBERY
- Extortionate price foolish brother gayly bid
- Variety of hybrid barley got for an unfair price
- Much too high a price to pay in exchange for “Gilt Hero” by Brady
- What might eclipse the extortioner’s trade?
- Arrangement of Abbey Road rightly overlooking a ridiculously high cost
- Offence of ‘Time Bandits’ is overcharging
- Boy read brightly about such extortion
- It’s helpful to see job revealing blatant overcharging
- Eclipse of extortioner’s trade?
- Blatant overcharging but not a dark endeavour?
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The straight part
We know that "Much too high a price to pay" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case much too high a price to pay = daylight robbery.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.