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Does Dahl work make a pile? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

shedload

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'a pile?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'does dahl work' is the wordplay.
'work' indicates an anagram.
'does'+'dahl'='doesdahl'
'doesdahl' anagrammed gives 'SHEDLOAD'.

'make' is the link.

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(Other definitions for shedload that I've seen before include "A large number" , "big amount" , "a lot of it" , "great amount" , "Myriad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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