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British man should go in but accelerated (9)

Ross

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broughton

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'accelerated' is the definition.
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'british man should go in' is the wordplay.
'british' becomes 'b' (abbreviation e.g. in 'BBC').
'man' becomes 'ron' (short for Ronald).
'should' becomes 'ought' (synonyms).
'go in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ron' enclosing 'ought' is 'roughton'.
'b'+'roughton'='BROUGHTON'

'but' acts as a link.

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