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A change of course we hear follows token response to strike (7-6)

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I believe the answer is:

counter-attack

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'response to strike' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a change of course we hear follows token' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'change' could be 'counter' (counter is a kind of change) and 'counter' is present in the answer.
'course' could be 'tack' (I've seen this before) and 'tack' is found in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for counter-attack that I've seen before include "Riposte to an offensive" , "Retaliatory strike" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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