Cryptic crossword clue
Rookie fawn’s trapped in river next to city centre 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RECRUIT

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The straight part
We know that "Rookie" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case rookie = recruit.
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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What does RECRUIT mean?

RECRUIT noun
  1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  3. A hired worker
  4. A new member of a certain population, usually a juvenile.
RECRUIT verb
  1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
  2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
  3. To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
  4. To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.
  5. To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.

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