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Player doing a stretch by the book (6,5)

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I believe the answer is:

inside right

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'player doing a stretch' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'by the book' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'by' could be 'side' ('side' can be a synonym of 'by') and 'side' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for inside right that I've seen before include "Former footballer" , "Forward" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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