The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 2 plus 3 letter word NO END
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result NO END
- Very much a lack of purpose
- Rising gas beginning to drop a lot
- Very much gas around -- died
- Very much agree about edition's covers
- Loads of space inside to have a doze
- Busy, not initially having done very much
- Very much against overturning result
- Very much turned on before climax
- A legion will get turned on and climax
- The difference between lad and lady? Very much
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The straight part
We know that "a great deal" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a great deal = no end.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.