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Crack one found around top of vase (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

solve

'crack' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one found around top of vase' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'sole' ('sole' can be a synonym of 'one').
'found around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'top of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'vase' is 'v'.
'sole' enclosing 'v' is 'SOLVE'.

(Other definitions for solve that I've seen before include "Find the 3dn to a mystery" , "Find the answer or explanation" , "Find the answer to a puzzle" , "Unscramble" , "Get the answers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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