The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word DITCHWATER
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More clues leading to the result DITCHWATER
- Give up drink that's said to be dull
- It’s so dull, go back on the booze?
- What one of the children, as Spooner would have it, is very dull?
- Supposedly dull stuff that's foul and still carried by channel?
- Direct what comes out – something terribly dull
- Cook watched it run but it may be still in drain
- Spooner’s question on offspring — something dirty
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What does DITCHWATER mean?
DITCHWATER noun- The stagnant water that collects in a ditch.