The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TOREROS
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TOREROS
- Fighters in ring charged for spectacle
- Restroom mostly refreshed for Spanish performers
- Fighters in the ring feeling pain languish on return
- Bullfighters wound up under heap of rocks
- Fighters on foot get wounded and decay while climbing
- Bullfighters' crazy rooster
- Flipping annoyed on backing corrupt fighters in ring
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The straight part
We know that "Fighters in the ring" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case fighters in the ring = toreros.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does TOREROS mean?
TOREROS noun- A bullfighter