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So-called bank needing help with no limits is nonsense (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

doggerel

'is nonsense' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'so-called bank needing help with no limits' is the wordplay.
'so-called bank' becomes 'dogger' (Dogger Bank is a sandbank in the North Sea).
'needing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'with no limits' indicates the central letters (the sides or limits of the word are removed).
The centre of 'help' is 'el'.
'dogger'+'el'='DOGGEREL'

(Other definitions for doggerel that I've seen before include "questionable verse" , "trivial lines" , "lines of inferior quality" , "Verse lacking artistry" , "Poor poetry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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