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This porn should be buried in the earth (4-4)

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I believe the answer is:

hard-core

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'this porn should' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'buried in the earth' is the wordplay.
'buried' becomes 'hard' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the earth' becomes 'core' ('core' is part of 'earth').
'hard'+'core'='HARD-CORE'

'be' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for hard-core that I've seen is " Steadfast".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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