The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 11 letter word HIT-AND-RUN
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More clues leading to the result HIT-AND-RUN
- In turn, had nasty accident
- Policy for Twenty20 accident?
- Batsman’s aggressive strategy found by accident?
- Basic cricket tactic for which everyone hopes you get caught
- Instructions to batsman, causing some sort of accident
- Like an accident that could be nasty and hurting, not good
- It’s touch-and-go following accident
- Criminal activity associated with aggressive batsman?
- Type of road accident caused by him, initially, Italian with ladder
- Hard nut in bad accident
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The straight part
We know that "Like an accident" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case like an accident = hit-and-run.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HIT-AND-RUN mean?
HIT-AND-RUN noun- The crime of causing an accident, as with a motor vehicle, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
- A play in baseball where the baserunners leave their base before the batter hits the ball, assuming that the batter will in fact hit the ball and this will give them an advantage.
- The military technique of attacking one place and then quickly moving to another before defenders can react.
- Of, pertaining to, or being a hit and run.