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See price is arranged to gain a decent kicker (5,2,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piece de resistance

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'decent kicker' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'see price is arranged to gain a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'see' could be 'c' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers) and 'c' is found in the answer.
'is' is present in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for piece de resistance that I've seen before include "Most remarkable feature" , "Most important feature" , "The best item" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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