The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 4 letter word BELLY FLOP
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result BELLY FLOP
- Corporation to fail — botched entry from board
- Corporation founder’s shambolic board manoeuvre?
- Corporation to fail — botched entry from board?
- Poor entry resulting from failure of corporation?
- Corporation’s the first to make contact with this dive
- Scientist to fly out before work, and jump into a pool
- Call Yankee near Turkey making bad landing
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The straight part
We know that "shambolic board manoeuvre" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case shambolic board manoeuvre = belly flop.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 BELLY FLOP mean?
BELLY FLOP noun- A style of diving into a body of water in which the surface impact is made mostly by one's abdomen.