Cryptic crossword clue
Captain of game pushed to the end of waterfronts 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PORTS

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The straight part
We know that "waterfronts" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case waterfronts = ports.
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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What does PORTS mean?

PORTS noun
  1. A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
  2. A town or city containing such a place, a port city.
  3. The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Used to unambiguously refer to directions relative to the vessel structure, rather than to a person or object on board.
  4. A sweep rower that primarily rows with an oar on the port side.
PORTS noun
  1. An entryway or gate.
  2. An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
  3. (bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
  4. An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
  5. A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. Computer port (hardware)
  6. A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
PORTS noun
  1. Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
  2. The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also portance.
  3. The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
  4. A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
  5. (BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
PORTS noun
  1. A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
PORTS noun
  1. A suitcase or schoolbag.

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