Cryptic crossword clue
What are the odds of army over brave unsophisticated beings? 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word AMOEBAE

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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The straight part
We know that "unsophisticated beings" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unsophisticated beings = amoebae.
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 AMOEBAE mean?

AMOEBAE noun
  1. A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia.
  2. The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers.
  3. An asexual.

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