Cryptic crossword clue
Plump boy’s petition 5,5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word ROUND ROBIN

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does ROUND ROBIN mean?

ROUND ROBIN noun
  1. The part of a tournament in which every player or team competes against each of the others in turn.
  2. A petition signed in a circular fashion to disguise the order in which it was done.
  3. A letter, with copies to multiple recipients, usually at Christmastime and often enclosed with a card, giving family news of interest to the sender.
  4. A method of dividing loot amongst a party of players by having the game assign in turn loot to a player or an enemy corpse to loot to a player.
  5. A form of trade, wherein a stamp collector sends a packet of stamps to the next person on a list, who then takes the stamps he wants, replacing them with like-valued stamps, and then passing the packet to the next person on the list, until the packet ultimately returns to the original sender.
  6. A method of dividing labor between several similar subsystems, assigning tasks to each of them in turn in an attempt to use resources more equitably.

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