The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 4 letter word TREE FROG
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TREE FROG
- Refer to eccentric golfer’s top: an impressive jumper!
- High jumper got back across free-flowing river
- Regret of stumbling high jumper
- Forget about bringing in soldier’s climbing jumper?
- Tramp circling rocky ridge finds amphibian
- Two-thirds of grotto collapsed around rock amphibian
- Go right back around rocks to find amphibian
- Amphibious species go right up around coral ridge
- Caveman circling rocky ridge finds amphibian
- French turn up supporting pedigree amphibian!
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The straight part
We know that "High jumper" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case high jumper = tree frog.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.