The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word STUMPS
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result STUMPS
- End of play is baffling
- Puzzles over bits that are left
- End of play is completely perplexing
- The end of a day’s cricket proves bewildering
- End of play is baffling
- Used in cricket matches that may be drawn
- End of play is completely perplexing
- Close of play causes confusion
- Defeats — six on the cricket field?
- Walks stiffly when final cricket ball has been delivered
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The straight part
We know that "Walks stiffly" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case walks stiffly = stumps.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does STUMPS mean?
STUMPS noun- The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
- The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
- A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
- One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
- (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
- A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
- A leg.
- A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
- A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
- Close of play (when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires)