Cryptic crossword clue
Placing  action on the green 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word PUTTING

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The straight part

We know that "Placing /action on the green" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case placing /action on the green = putting.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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What does PUTTING mean?

1. To place something somewhere.
2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
3. To exercise a put option.
4. To express something in a certain manner.
5. To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
6. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
7. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
8. To attach or attribute; to assign.
9. To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
10. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
11. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
12. To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

1. Instigation or incitement; enticement.
2. The action or result of the verb put.

1. To place something somewhere.
2. To bring or set into a certain relation, state or condition.
3. To exercise a put option.
4. To express something in a certain manner.
5. To throw a heavy iron ball, as a sport. (See shot put. Do not confuse with putt.)
6. To steer; to direct one's course; to go.
7. To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
8. To attach or attribute; to assign.
9. To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
10. To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention.
11. To incite; to entice; to urge; to constrain; to oblige.
12. To convey coal in the mine, as for example from the working to the tramway.

1. To lightly strike a golf ball with a putter.

1. To make a putting sound.
2. To ride one's motorcycle, to go for a motorcycle ride.
3. To move along slowly.

1. The action of the verb to putt.
2. A variety of golf in which balls are tapped into holes over short distances using a putter.

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