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Beginning to doubt? (5,5)

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false start

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'beginning to doubt?' is the definition.
(a beginning which should be doubted)

'beginning to doubt?' is the wordplay.
'beginning' becomes 'start' ('start' can be a synonym of 'beginning').
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'doubt?' becomes 'false' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'start' after 'false' is 'FALSE START'.

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(Other definitions for false start that I've seen before include "In which someone jumps the gun" , "may lead to total recall" , "In which runner is seen to have jumped the gun" , "Unsuccessful beginning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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