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Best child has ordinary means of defence (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aikido

'means of defence' is the definition.
(martial art)

'best child has ordinary' is the wordplay.
'best' becomes 'ai'.
'child' becomes 'kid' ('kid' can be a synonym of 'child'**).
'has' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'ordinary' becomes 'o' (abbreviation e.g. O-Levels).
'ai'+'kid'+'o'='AIKIDO'

(Other definitions for aikido that I've seen before include "a particular form of art" , "one of the martial arts" , "Japanese form of self-defence" , "Japanese martial art similar to judo" , "Martial art, akin to judo" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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