The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word RUT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result RUT
- Humdrum existence of Rugby Union team originally
- Heat somewhat underutilised
- Predictable way of life, in truth
- Boring routine, pity unfinished
- Popular composer's first section won't progress if stuck in this
- Girl spends hour in routine procedure
- Proust only occasionally finding time for sexual activity
- County missing land got in frenzy
- Aggressive male behaviour Proust regularly exhibited
- In which to be either bored or excited?
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The straight part
We know that "got in frenzy/land" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case got in frenzy/land = rut.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does RUT mean?
RUT noun- Sexual desire or oestrus of cattle, and various other mammals.
- The noise made by deer during sexual excitement.
- Roaring, as of waves breaking upon the shore; rote.
- To be in the annual rut or mating season.
- To have sexual intercourse.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- A furrow, groove, or track worn in the ground, as from the passage of many wheels along a road.
- A fixed routine, procedure, line of conduct, thought or feeling.
- A dull routine.
- To make a furrow.