The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 plus 3 letter word CRICKET BAT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CRICKET BAT
- Occasional driver taking two animals
- Two animals, one taken to the middle
- Sports club
- Mammal after insect, one of these oiled
- One used for hitting creature that flies under hopper
- Two animals — requirement for four or six, perhaps?
- Two animals in willow on the field?
- Two members of our Kingdom joining sports club
- 14 Insect, flier or leather hunter?
- Striker at Old Trafford needs two contrasting wingers
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The straight part
We know that "requirement for four or six, perhaps?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case requirement for four or six, perhaps? = cricket bat.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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