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Does it suffer from mangled feet? Badly gored leg? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

doggerel

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'does it suffer from mangled feet?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'badly gored leg?' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram (letters in the wrong order).
'gored'+'leg'='goredleg'
'goredleg' anagrammed gives 'DOGGEREL'.

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(Other definitions for doggerel that I've seen before include "Bad verse - of canine beginnings?" , "Very bad poetry or verse" , "questionable verse" , "Unpretentious verses" , "Badly written verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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