The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SCABROUS
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More clues leading to the result SCABROUS
- Proust edges away after strikebreaker becomes unpleasant
- Harsh banking system backed and put in action shortly
- Rough marinade almost envelops minced crab
- Liver not wholly absorbing origins of alcoholic binge — result is almost obscene
- Scaly cobras disturbed more than just me
- Rough strikebreaker’s going to stir endlessly
- Rough Liverpudlian mostly skirts dodgy bar
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What does SCABROUS mean?
SCABROUS adjective- Covered with scales or scabs; hence, very coarse or rough.
- Disgusting, repellent.
- Of music, writing, etc.: lacking refinement; unmelodious, unmusical.
- Difficult, thorny, troublesome.
- Covered with a crust of dirt or grime.