The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SWINE
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More clues leading to the result SWINE
- Coarse people from Victoria and Newcastle areas?
- Scoundrel found in southern port?
- Second drink for pig
- Rotter having success in Home Counties
- The source of a bit of spam and hock perhaps
- Function with suckling pigs
- Scoundrel wants second drink
- Rat‘s small and white, perhaps
- Brute strength with weight lifting
- Boor seen at southern port
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The straight part
We know that "Scoundrel" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scoundrel = swine.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SWINE mean?
SWINE noun- (plural swine) A pig (the animal).
- A contemptible person (plural swines).
- A police officer; a "pig".
- Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
- A female pig.
- A female bear, she-bear.
- A female guinea pig.
- A channel that conducts molten metal to molds.
- A mass of metal solidified in a mold.
- A contemptible, often fat woman.
- A sowbug.
- A kind of covered shed, formerly used by besiegers in filling up and passing the ditch of a besieged place, sapping and mining the wall, etc.