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Hear cry disturbing shooting sport (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

archery

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'shooting sport' is the definition.
'archery' can be an answer for 'sport' (archery is a kind of sport). I am not sure about the 'shooting' bit.

'hear cry disturbing' is the wordplay.
'disturbing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hear'+'cry'='hearcry'
'hearcry' is an anagram of 'ARCHERY'.

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(Other definitions for archery that I've seen before include "Bow and arrow sport" , "Target sport - Olympic event in from 1900-08, in 1920 and since 1972" , "Sport of the bowman" , "The sport of shooting arrows with a bow" , "Toxophily" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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