Mocking work (6)

I believe the answer is:

satire

(Other definitions for satire that I've seen before include "Mockery" , "text of Juvenal" , "Lampoon" , "Jonathan Swift's forte?" , "Novel or play that ridicules social failings" .)

I've seen this clue in the King Feature Syndicate.

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