Basic denial by father having troubles (8)

I believe the answer is:

nofrills

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'basic' is the definition.
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'denial by father having troubles' is the wordplay.
'denial' becomes 'no' (no is a kind of denial).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'father' becomes 'fr' (abbreviation as in a priest's title).
'having' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'troubles' becomes 'ills' ('ill' can be a synonym of 'trouble').
'no'+'fr'+'ills'='NOFRILLS'

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