The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word LEAPFROG
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result LEAPFROG
- Golfer upset about a putt at first in game
- Bad golfer welcomes a quiet game for kids
- Pal of Reg organised game
- Game of golf a rep organised
- Clear French own goal in game
- Casual golfer welcomes annual round – jumpers are needed for this
- . Bound for potential glory at first in game
- Parking on meadow with rear of car covered in mist is child’s play
- Jump over field with force splitting type of rock
- Advance making progress on the backs of others
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The straight part
We know that "jumpers are needed for this" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case jumpers are needed for this = leapfrog.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does LEAPFROG mean?
LEAPFROG noun- (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
- (usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
- To overtake.
- To progress.
- Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
- To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.