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Best flirt organised rescue if all routes blocked? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

airlift

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'rescue if all routes blocked?' is the definition.
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'best flirt organised' is the wordplay.
'best' becomes 'ai' (resembles 'A1', old-fashioned term for excellent).
'organised' indicates anagramming the letters.
'flirt' is an anagram of 'rlift'.
'ai'+'rlift'='AIRLIFT'

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(Other definitions for airlift that I've seen before include "Emergency action by planes" , "(Emergency) flight" , "delivery" , "Transportation of goods to inaccessible place" , "Rescue flight" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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