The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CRICKET
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More clues leading to the result CRICKET
- Insect from another world found by DNA expert
- Perhaps some tests, etc, especially for handling strain
- Jumper for mainly outdoor sport
- Painfully twist alien insect
- Sport usually played in white jumper
- Insect mound found during time in France
- Just an insect – but a game one
- A game little insect
- Jumper that’s seen here from April to September . . . .
- Where leg is on insect
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The straight part
We know that "Perhaps some tests" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case perhaps some tests = cricket.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRICKET mean?
CRICKET noun- An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
- A wooden footstool.
- A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
- A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint or other projection.
- A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
- (usually in negative constructions) An act that is fair and sportsmanlike, derived from the sport.
- To play the game of cricket.