Cryptic crossword clue
Spelling a word for ‘rubbish’ can produce a terrible headache 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPLITTER

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "a terrible headache" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a terrible headache = splitter.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does SPLITTER mean?

SPLITTER noun
  1. A person or a thing that splits.
  2. A quarry worker who splits slate into sheets.
  3. A scientist in one of various fields who prefers to split categories such as species or dialects up into smaller groups.
  4. A split-finger fastball.
  5. A draggable vertical or horizontal bar used to adjust the relative sizes of two adjacent windows.
  6. A wheaten cake split and buttered when hot.
  7. One who splits hairs in argument, etc.
  8. A device with two electrical plugs that plugs into an electrical outlet, effectively converting the electrical outlet into two; socket converter.

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