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A slip made by the novice in the team (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slide

'a slip' is the definition.
(I know that slip can be written as slide)

'the novice in the team' is the wordplay.
'the novice' becomes 'l' (as in a learner driver with L-plates on their car).
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'team' becomes 'side' (both can mean a sports team).
'l' placed inside 'side' is 'SLIDE'.

'made by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for slide that I've seen before include "Playground item" , "that's put under the microscope" , "Microscope glass" , "Make mild fun of" , "Playground structure" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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