Cryptic crossword clue
Gets the game started 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FLUSHES

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The straight part

We know that "Gets the game started" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case gets the game started = flushes.

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 FLUSHES mean?

1. A group of birds that have suddenly started up from undergrowth, trees etc.

1. To cause to take flight from concealment.
2. To take suddenly to flight, especially from cover.

1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
2. Particularly, such a cleansing of a toilet.
3. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
4. Any tinge of red colour like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood.
5. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement, animation, etc.

1. To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid.
2. Particularly, to cleanse a toilet by introducing a large amount of water.
3. To become suffused with reddish color due to embarrassment, excitement, overheating, or other systemic disturbance, to blush.
4. To cause to blush.
5. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water.
6. To excite, inflame.
7. (of a toilet) To be cleansed by being flooded with generous quantities of water.
8. To clear (a buffer) of its contents.
9. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush.
10. To show red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
11. To fill in (joints); to point the level; to make them flush.
12. To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood.
13. To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
14. To dispose or be disposed of by flushing down a toilet

1. A hand consisting of all cards with the same suit.

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