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Ex-pro's struggling to clinch league for Hammers (7)

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plexors

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'hammers' is the definition.
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'ex-pro's struggling to clinch league' is the wordplay.
'struggling' indicates an anagram (the letters struggle or wriggle into a new form).
'to clinch' indicates putting letters inside.
'league' becomes 'l' (abbreviation).
'ex'+'pros'='expros'
'expros' is an anagram of 'pexors'.
'pexors' enclosing 'l' is 'PLEXORS'.

'for' is the link.

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