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Concerning that woman, one in sales with no energy for preliminary trials (10)

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I believe the answer is:

rehearsals

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'sales with no energy for preliminary trials' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'concerning that woman one in' is the wordplay.
'concerning that' becomes 'rehears' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'woman' becomes 'Sal' (short for Sally).
'one in' indicates putting letters inside.
'rehears' placed around 'sal' is 'REHEARSALS'.

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(Another definition for rehearsals that I've seen is " Practice sessions".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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