The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 3 letter word DUMMY RUN
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More clues leading to the result DUMMY RUN
- I'm not sure my cricket score is under five hundred in Test
- Work on mock trial
- Pilot show, say, in stupid series
- Rehearsal for card game finished by Spoonerist?
- Fool on ladder in rehearsal
- Spooner’s card game ruined, proving to be a trial
- Spooner's game — horse will do test lap
- Rehearsal of Spooner’s card game at an end
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "test lap" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case test lap = dummy run.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.