Team not initially dealing with centre from Peter Crouch (5)
I believe the answer is:
squat
'crouch' is the definition.
(I know that crouch can be written as squat)
'team not initially dealing with centre from peter' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'dealing with' could be 'at' (eg looking at something) and 'at' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for squat that I've seen before include "Building occupied without permission" , "Crouch with bent knees" , "Occupy unlawfully; dumpy" , "Crouch - occupy a property" , "Short and fat" .)