Cryptic crossword clue
Odds on bet spread out

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SPLAY

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The straight part
We know that "spread out" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spread out = splay.
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 SPLAY mean?

SPLAY noun
  1. A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larger at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them.
SPLAY verb
  1. To spread; spread out.
  2. To dislocate, as a shoulder bone.
  3. To turn on one side; to render oblique; to slope or slant, as the side of a door, window etc.
  4. To rearrange (a splay tree) so that a desired element is placed at the root.
  5. To spay; to castrate.
SPLAY adjective
  1. Spread out; turned outward.
  2. Flat and ungainly.

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