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Answer for the clue "Prize chicken perhaps that's quickly produced for money ", 9 letters:
potboiler

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Word definitions for potboiler in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A potboiler or pot-boiler is a novel , play , opera , film , or other creative work of dubious literary or artistic merit, whose main purpose was to pay for the creator's daily expenses—thus the imagery of "boil the pot", which means "to provide one's livelihood". ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a literary composition of poor quality that was written quickly to make money (to boil the pot)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Pukhov, a careerist painter, sacrifices his artistic integrity by cynically painting potboilers to please factory and party committees. ▪ The title, like nearly everything else in this brilliant, incisive political potboiler ...

Usage examples of potboiler.

If you've managed to reach this stage of your life without having your mind rotted by science fiction potboilers, far be it from me to seduce you to the Dark Side.

With poverty a fear to be reckoned with, he constructed two potboilers and compiled another.

I doubted they could compete with the lurid potboilers I'd read on the beach.

You've got to romp home with an Oscar now and then to show the reviewers that you're interested in fine things as well as money-making potboilers.