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Jumped, seeing head of state crash (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprang

'jumped' is the definition.
(springing is a kind of jumping)

'head of state crash' is the wordplay.
'head of' indicates taking the first letters.
'crash' becomes 'prang' (I've seen this before).
The initial letter of 'state' is 's'.
's'+'prang'='SPRANG'

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sprang that I've seen before include "got out of jail" , "Leaped forward" , "Jumped or leaped in single movement (6(" , "Bounded forward" , "Lept forward" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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