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Play low bounces after spinning of bowler (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elbow room

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'play' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'low bounces after spinning of bowler' is the wordplay.
'low bounces' becomes 'oom' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'spinning of' is an anagram indicator.
'bowler' with letters rearranged gives 'elbowr'.
'oom' after 'elbowr' is 'ELBOW-ROOM'.

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(Other definitions for elbow room that I've seen before include "Space to move" , "Freedom to move" , "sufficient space" , "play" , "find adequate space to work in" .)

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