The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word MISCHIEF
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More clues leading to the result MISCHIEF
- Skulduggery of person heading military intelligence?
- Mike leads playful disruption
- Teacher and principal picked up for naughty acts
- Spymaster has the leading role in roguery
- Monkey business involving the head of military intelligence
- Statement about Bond’s organisation’s bad behaviour
- Highest in Mephistopheles is the highest in devilry
- Trouble Bond’s boss’s boss about India
- Is probing male’s first and foremost injury
- Leader of men is boss in funny business?
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The straight part
We know that "Skulduggery" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case skulduggery = mischief.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does MISCHIEF mean?
MISCHIEF noun- Conduct that playfully causes petty annoyance.
- A playfully annoying action.
- (collective) A group or a pack of rats.
- Harm or injury:
- A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
- The Devil; used as an expletive.