Cryptic crossword clue
What runner in relay race might do is risky 5-3-2

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word TOUCH-AND-GO

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What does TOUCH-AND-GO mean?

TOUCH-AND-GO adjective
  1. Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water).
TOUCH-AND-GO noun
  1. A landing on a runway immediately followed by a takeoff without an intervening full stop.

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