Cryptic crossword clue
Reversing a long way in sports car is hard work 5

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

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We know that "hard work" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case hard work = graft.

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What does GRAFT mean?

1. A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
2. A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
3. A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

1. To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
2. To insert scions (grafts) from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.
3. To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
4. To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
5. To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.
6. To form a graft polymer

1. A ditch, a canal.
2. The depth of the blade of a digging tool such as a spade or shovel.
3. A narrow spade used in digging drainage trenches.

1. Corruption in official life.
2. Illicit profit by corrupt means, especially in public life.
3. A criminal’s special branch of practice.
4. A con job.
5. A cut of the take (money).
6. A bribe, especially on an ongoing basis.
7. Work; labor
8. A job or trade.
9. Effort needed for doing hard work.

1. To work.
2. To obtain illegal gain from bribery or similar corrupt practices.

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