The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REPULSE
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More clues leading to the result REPULSE
- Check on heartbeat
- Disgust dealing with lentil, say?
- Sign of life after sappers drive back
- Check made by engineers on regular beat?
- Be disgusting about Bean
- Agent with service admitting large defeat
- Back up to enter river, otherwise drive back
- Remarkable pleasure losing article in drive back
- Check at the back for definite sign of life
- Spurn salesman with line in profit
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The straight part
We know that "Spurn" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spurn = repulse.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REPULSE mean?
REPULSE noun- The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed
- Refusal, rejection or repulsion
- To repel or drive back.
- To reject or rebuff.
- To cause revulsion in.