Cryptic crossword clue
Spineless person, like a scarecrow? 8

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

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What does STRAWMAN mean?

STRAWMAN noun
  1. The third party who makes a straw purchase for another person.
STRAWMAN noun
  1. A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw.
  2. An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss.
  3. An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea.
  4. An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively.
STRAWMAN verb
  1. To falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication; to put words in someone's mouth.

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