The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 2 plus 2 letter word TRY IT ON
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TRY IT ON
- Attempt to seduce? One might with item from Ann Summers?
- Fishy character suppressing yen to attempt scam
- Take liberty to see if dress fits
- Be audacious in the fitting-room?
- To be audacious, Yankee invested in satellite
- Moon about end of party, to act audaciously
- . Attempt to seduce? One might with item from Ann Summers
- Attempt to deceive in how to choose particular suit?
- Hear a heavyweight attempt to deceive
- He leaves 31 swimming to do what sharks do
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The straight part
We know that "to do what sharks do" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case to do what sharks do = try it on.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.