The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SCRAPHEAP
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More clues leading to the result SCRAPHEAP
- Junk has battle with raft
- Cars happen mostly to get broken up here?
- Repository for wrecked car, perhaps
- Where paper cash may be thrown eventually?
- Hotel in predicament over a page showing pile of rubbish
- A run down car, perhaps, abandoned here
- Sort of paperchase avoiding last junk pile
- Quarrel before accident involving eastern pile of junk
- Frittered paper cash getting a lot of rubbish
- Perhaps a rubbish store for cast-offs, primarily?
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The straight part
We know that "pile of junk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case pile of junk = scrapheap.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.
What does SCRAPHEAP mean?
SCRAPHEAP noun- A pile in which junk is discarded.
- A junkyard.
- A collection of discarded or rejected items or ideas.