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Quick and brilliant black winger through on the outside (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pace bowler

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'quick' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'brilliant black winger through on the outside' is the wordplay.
'brilliant' becomes 'ace' (ace can informally mean very good).
'black winger' becomes 'bowl' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'through' becomes 'per' ('per' can mean through or by means of).
'on the outside' is an insertion indicator.
'ace'+'bowl'='acebowl'
'acebowl' put within 'per' is 'PACE-BOWLER'.

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for pace bowler that I've seen before include "Cricketer" , "One quickly delivers" , "He's quick" .)

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