The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SCRAPIE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result SCRAPIE
- Dump that is engendering beastly disease
- Waste material that is in beastly disorder
- Disease of sheep that is found by ditch
- Particle that is showing disease in sheep
- Sickness of sheep that is seen after fight
- Tricky situation – I caught a beastly disease
- It could give sheep a real itch, with regular scratching
- Rubbish pastry, papa’s common complaint
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The straight part
We know that "beastly disorder" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case beastly disorder = scrapie.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 SCRAPIE mean?
SCRAPIE noun- A degenerative prion disease of sheep and goats that attacks the central nervous system.