The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 5 letter word GUTTER PRESS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result GUTTER PRESS
- “Grand total to decrease?” they report sensationally
- Threaten to go out and push for sensational journalism
- . To ditch campaign they spread scandalous stories
- Reuters with test page oddly going wrong for sensationalist rags
- Muck-rakers, say, amongst good crowd
- It’s good, say, to hold down sensation-mongers
- Muck-raking journalists, say, surrounded by good crowd
- Almost go out and demand tabloids?
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The straight part
We know that "Muck-rakers" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case muck-rakers = gutter press.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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