The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 5 letter word TENNIS ELBOW
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More clues leading to the result TENNIS ELBOW
- Reason for not making it to court, perhaps
- A complaint associated with those who serve day in day out?
- Player’s problem intense playing with large fiddlestick
- Sporting injury resulting from unusually intense blow
- Unusually intense blow resulting in problem for person serving
- Injury in news to be broadcast about new driver
- Intense blow wrought sporting injury
- Inflammation after game? Be silent now, suffering
- Possible excuse for missing court appearance?
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The straight part
We know that "Reason for not making it to court, perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case reason for not making it to court, perhaps = tennis elbow.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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