The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word RIFLE RANGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result RIFLE RANGE
- Search mountains for somewhere to practise shooting
- Real gunfire shot having taken turn here?
- Go through mountains where shooting is practised?
- … and search area for a place to shoot
- Go through mountains to reach area used for target practice
- Finger real twitchy? It’s on the trigger here
- Target practice area to go through on mountain
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The straight part
We know that "somewhere to practise shooting" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case somewhere to practise shooting = rifle range.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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