Celebrity to change course half-heartedly and begin again (5,4)
I believe the answer is:
start over
'begin again' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'celebrity to change course half-heartedly' is the wordplay.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'change course half-heartedly' becomes 'ver' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'star'+'to'+'ver'='START OVER'
'and' is the link.
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