The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RATTLER
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More clues leading to the result RATTLER
- Dog hunting vermin traps large snake
- Poisonous American incessant talker topped
- Such a telling blow? SOS could be desperate last resort
- Chatterbox, not quiet – noisy type
- Unnerve Republican who's got a nasty bite?
- Vermin-killing cat biting large snake
- Snake right under child’s toy
- Repelled at first by toy snake
- Snake of an old politician nearly getting taken in by Republicans
- In America it might kill Simon King
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The straight part
We know that "snake" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case snake = rattler.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RATTLER mean?
RATTLER noun- Anything that rattles.
- A rattlesnake.
- A freight train or, , a decrepit passenger train.
- A loud, inconsiderate talker.
- A stunning blow.
- An impudent lie; a whopper.