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Adult entering short run gets injury (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprain

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'injury' is the definition.
(I know that sprain is a type of pull)

'adult entering short run gets' is the wordplay.
'adult entering short' becomes 'spin' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'run' becomes 'ra' (I've seen this in other clues).
'gets' is an insertion indicator.
'spin' placed around 'ra' is 'SPRAIN'.

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(Other definitions for sprain that I've seen before include "Wrench (an ankle) 6)" , "Wrench (ligaments)" , "Wrench or twist" , "Injure a joint by twisting its ligaments" , "Twist ligament(s)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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