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Get a star involved in racy water sports? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

regattas

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'racy water sports?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I don't see how one could define the other.

'get a star involved' is the wordplay.
'involved' indicates anagramming the letters (involved can mean confusing or complex).
'get'+'a'+'star'='getastar'
'getastar' anagrammed gives 'REGATTAS'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for regattas that I've seen before include "Sporting events with boats and yachts" , "races at sea" , "Yacht races as part of sporting event" , "Boat race meetings" , "causing lots of rows" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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