The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RUBBISH
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result RUBBISH
- Polish bishop out of work? Nonsense
- Massage required by bishop having no work? What rot!
- To disparage massage a mistake
- Hurry to steal books? I refuse
- Poor Bobbie regularly given the run around
- Bunk that may go into a skip
- Refuse two bachelors, one in haste
- Polish senior clergyman out of work
- Massage out-of-work clergyman in bunk
- Awful hurry to rescue leaders in British banking industry
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The straight part
We know that "Poor" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case poor = rubbish.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 RUBBISH mean?
RUBBISH noun- Refuse, waste, garbage, junk, trash.
- (by extension) An item, or items, of low quality.
- (by extension) Nonsense.
- Debris or ruins of buildings.
- To criticize, to denigrate, to denounce, to disparage.
- Exceedingly bad; awful.
- Used to express that something is exceedingly bad, awful, or terrible.
- Used to express that what was recently said is nonsense or untrue; balderdash!, nonsense!