The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word FULL HOUSE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result FULL HOUSE
- Capacity audience gives good hand
- A big hand from capacity audience
- What actors hope for is less good than 11
- Packed audience gives a good hand
- Sell-out crowd gives a good hand
- Packed theatre gets a good hand
- A good hand from a sell-out crowd
- Comprehensive school group getting a rather good deal
- Good hand from capacity crowd
- Complete set making use of hull
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The straight part
We know that "A big hand/capacity audience" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a big hand/capacity audience = full house.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.