Cryptic crossword clue
Wizard school incorporating academy for cricket? 7

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

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The straight part
We know that "cricket?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case cricket? = hexapod.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does HEXAPOD mean?

HEXAPOD noun
  1. Any organism, being or robot with six legs.
  2. An arthropod with six feet; a member of subphylum Hexapoda.
  3. An insect.
HEXAPOD adjective
  1. Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.

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