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Additional skill and energy reflected receiving kiss (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extra

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'additional' is the definition.
(extra means additional or surplus)

'energy reflected receiving kiss' is the wordplay.
'energy' becomes 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mcr).
'reflected' says the letters should be written in reverse (letters reflected back).
'receiving' becomes 'art' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'kiss' becomes 'x' (X can represent a kiss).
'art'+'x'='artx'
'artx' reversed gives 'xtra'.
'e'+'xtra'='EXTRA'

'skill and' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for extra that I've seen before include "Additional - bye" , "late edition" , "like one of the crowd" , "Bit-part actor" , "Actor in crowd scene, no lines" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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