The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word RAILLERY
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More clues leading to the result RAILLERY
- Bookless characters felt line should be banter
- Banter in bar getting really heartless, sadly
- Mocking bird with tips of tail blue or grey
- Satirical banter with one line, then more lines about the French
- Less well entertained by some light banter
- Beam pens ‘more off-colour’ banter
- Beam includes more sick banter
- Skate around apparently less healthy banter
- Playful satire about Republican I really roasted
- Wild lily, rare, in chaff
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The straight part
We know that "Satirical banter" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case satirical banter = raillery.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RAILLERY mean?
RAILLERY noun- Good-natured ridicule, jest or banter.