The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word CRAMPED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result CRAMPED
- Restricted in temporary accommodation to house refugees primarily
- Not having enough space, set up a tent across river
- With little room in tents pitched around river
- Constricted by muscular affliction?
- Constricted by muscles tightening?
- Pack gym with crowd, ultimately having little room to maneuver
- Right bores lived temporarily with little space
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The straight part
We know that "with little space" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case with little space = cramped.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CRAMPED mean?
CRAMPED verb- (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably.
- To affect with cramps or spasms.
- To prohibit movement or expression of.
- To restrain to a specific physical position, as if with a cramp.
- To fasten or hold with, or as if with, a cramp iron.
- (by extension) To bind together; to unite.
- To form on a cramp.
- Uncomfortably restricted in size, or financially.
- Overcrowded or congested.
- Tight because of or like suffering a cramp.
- Illegible.