Bowler's approach (3-2)

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run-up

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(Other definitions for run-up that I've seen before include "Preliminary period" , "Cricketing approach?" , "Approach - preliminaries" , "Bowler's approach?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph, The Guardian and The Times.

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