The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ODDBALL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result ODDBALL
- Rum delivery in case
- A great time is had with leftover rum
- Peculiar red, green, blue or black?
- Red, green, blue or black card?
- Eccentric return of stuttering Labour Party?
- Weird old dance captivates daughters
- Not even graduate students can be so bizarre
- Return of stuttering Labour Party, strange
- A nonconformist’s unusual dance
- Character is unusually bold lad
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The straight part
We know that "case" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case case = oddball.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ODDBALL mean?
ODDBALL noun- An eccentric or unusual person.
- A deviant stimulus that appears among repetitive stimuli during an experiment, to trigger an event-related potential in the participant.
- Exotic, not mainstream.