The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 letter word RAW DEAL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RAW DEAL
- Harsh treatment resulting in bad hand?
- Read law about unfair treatment
- Poor bargain for untreated wood?
- Rough treatment in battles over wood
- Short end of the stick of green wood
- Law read that changes unfair treatment
- Bitter US agency beginning to lambaste Schwarzenegger film
- “It’s not fair!”, shouted fish out loud
- Green planks, not Fair Trade
- Unfair treatment in chilly and damp Kent town
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The straight part
We know that "rough treatment /unseasoned wood" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rough treatment /unseasoned wood = raw deal.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.
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