The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word SNOWBOARDING
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SNOWBOARDING
- Activity at St Moritz? Last of passengers currently embarking
- Heading for Sydney, the plane’s ready for you, sport!
- Around start of October, band grows in ground for winter sport?
- Son currently joining coach, say, for winter sport
- Son presently staying at school doing winter sport
- Is presently going on the wagon perhaps for winter sport
- Second Airport announcement, going down a slippery slope
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "winter sport" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case winter sport = snowboarding.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 SNOWBOARDING mean?
SNOWBOARDING verb- To ride a snowboard.
- The sport of sliding downhill on a snowboard.