Cryptic crossword clue
Rigorous training medic badly needed 5

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

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The straight part
We know that "Rigorous training" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rigorous training = drill.
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What does DRILL mean?

DRILL noun
  1. A tool used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece.
  2. The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
  3. An activity done as an exercise or practice (especially a military exercise), particularly in preparation for some possible future event or occurrence.
  4. Any of several molluscs, of the genus Urosalpinx, especially the oyster drill (Urosalpinx cinerea), that drill holes in the shells of other animals.
  5. A style of trap music with gritty, violent lyrics, originating on the South Side of Chicago.
DRILL verb
  1. To create (a hole) by removing material with a drill (tool).
  2. To practice, especially in (or as in) a military context.
  3. To cause to drill (practice); to train in military arts.
  4. To repeat an idea frequently in order to encourage someone to remember it.
  5. To investigate or examine something in more detail or at a different level
  6. To hit or kick with a lot of power.
  7. To hit someone with a pitch, especially in an intentional context.
  8. To have sexual intercourse with; to penetrate.
DRILL noun
  1. An agricultural implement for making holes for sowing seed, and sometimes so formed as to contain seeds and drop them into the hole made.
  2. A light furrow or channel made to put seed into, when sowing.
  3. A row of seed sown in a furrow.
DRILL verb
  1. To sow (seeds) by dribbling them along a furrow or in a row.
DRILL noun
  1. A small trickling stream; a rill.
DRILL verb
  1. To cause to flow in drills or rills or by trickling; to drain by trickling.
DRILL verb
  1. To entice or allure; to decoy; with on.
  2. To cause to slip or waste away by degrees.
DRILL noun
  1. An Old World monkey of West Africa, Mandrillus leucophaeus, similar in appearance to the mandrill, but lacking the colorful face.
DRILL noun
  1. A strong, durable cotton fabric with a strong bias (diagonal) in the weave.

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