Crossword Genius

International player being dealt with submissively (3,2,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cap in hand

'submissively' is the definition.
(to go cap in hand is to humbly make a request)

'international player being dealt with' is the wordplay.
'international player' becomes 'cap' (a player who has earned international caps).
'being dealt with' becomes 'inhand' (I've seen this before).
'cap'+'inhand'='CAP IN HAND'

(Other definitions for cap in hand that I've seen before include "In begging posture" , "Go thus like mendicant holding headgear" , "with humility" , "unassumingly" , "Go bareheaded thus to be obsequious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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