The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word WRESTLE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result WRESTLE
- Women and others recline, ignoring one fight
- Struggle with awful sleet on river
- Fight with the French after nap
- Clinch? Women, fidgety, avoiding final coupling
- Fight with others, being gutless, like
- Wife, three-quarters fidgety, right? Backbreaker may floor one
- Struggle with tossing, abandoning ship
- Break the French after Western struggle
- Fight with the French after peace
- Battle worsens, Attlee having lost every other one
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The straight part
We know that "struggle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case struggle = wrestle.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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What does WRESTLE mean?
WRESTLE noun- A wrestling bout.
- A struggle.
- To contend, with an opponent, by grappling and attempting to throw, immobilize or otherwise defeat him, depending on the specific rules of the contest
- To struggle or strive
- To take part in a wrestling match with someone
- To move or lift something with difficulty
- To throw a calf etc in order to brand it
- To fight.