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Pioneer with coat pinching hat commonly leading to trouble (5,1,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blaze a trail

'pioneer' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'coat pinching hat commonly leading to trouble' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'trouble' could be 'blaze' (blaze is a kind of trouble) and 'blaze' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for blaze a trail that I've seen before include "Show the way as a pioneer" , "Explore new areas" , "Be pioneering" , "lead" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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