The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 plus 5 letter word SPECTATOR SPORT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SPECTATOR SPORT
- Harry Potter’s to scrap quidditch?
- Magazine proprietors finally left Rugby, say?
- Flighty carrot-top pests that’ll draw the crowds
- Right magazine’s left? Many watch it
- For example, cricket magazine’s left
- Weekly magazine’s laid on wine for Wimbledon tennis perhaps
- For example, football magazine’s left on board
- Observed action of opponents in court, say, with appeal
- For example, football magazine’s linked with Liverpool, say
- Gate left in horse-racing maybe
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The straight part
We know that "horse-racing maybe" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case horse-racing maybe = spectator sport.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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