The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word TRODDEN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result TRODDEN
- Rum in fashion briefly, as are grapes
- Daughter, with rodent moving around, walked on
- Walked on both sides of road — noted repairs
- Among this number, a man and daughter walked
- Trampled, with or without study
- Put one’s foot down, having run rum drunk by cardinal
- What a player may have done to the boards?
- Walked on for maintaining bad trend about overdraft
- Walked with Rodney and daughter, got into a trap while returning
- Trampled bag returned contains a little rare rum
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The straight part
We know that "What a player may have done" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case what a player may have done = trodden.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TRODDEN mean?
TRODDEN verb- To step or walk (on or over something); to trample.
- To step or walk upon.
- To beat or press with the feet.
- To go through or accomplish by walking, dancing, etc.
- To crush under the foot; to trample in contempt or hatred; to subdue.
- To copulate; said of (especially male) birds.
- (of a male bird) To copulate with.
- Crushed by being walked on.