The contents of a bag of dismissal notices? (7)
I believe the answer is:
sackful
'the contents of a bag' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'dismissal notices?' is the wordplay.
'dismissal' becomes 'sack' (synonyms).
'notices?' becomes 'ful' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sack'+'ful'='SACKFUL'
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sackful that I've seen before include "Quantity held in large bag" , "Measured amount in large bag" , "Contents of large bag" .)