The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SQUELCH
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SQUELCH
- Scream one’s stifled at church crush
- Noise made by middle parts of mosques’ swivelchairs
- Don’t talk about cryptic clue that’s beyond question — sounds like that sucks?
- Following work, lacking first sign of energy, child’s put down
- Shriek going to church, avoiding a traipse in mud, by the sound of it
- Gurgling noise to suppress almost completely during school
- In school, pupil’s leaving to suppress gurgling sound
- Suppress background noise when playing squash
- Child starts letting out a scream, goes up to run down
- Sucking sound obscured HQ’s clue
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The straight part
We know that "Suppress background noise/squash" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case suppress background noise/squash = squelch.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SQUELCH mean?
SQUELCH noun- A squelching sound.
- (radio technology) The suppression of the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting the gain of the receiver.
- A heavy blow or fall.
- A kind of electronic beat used in acid house and related music genres.
- To halt, stop, eliminate, stamp out, or put down, often suddenly or by force
- (radio technology) to suppress the unwanted hiss or static between received transmissions by adjusting a threshold level for signal strength, below which the signal is suppressed by applying a gain of zero, and above which a positive (and linear from zero) gain is applied.
- To make a sucking, splashing noise as when walking on muddy ground
- To walk or step through a substance such as mud