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Best supplied with ball on both United wings? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outdo

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'best' is the definition.
(I know that best can be written as outdo)

'supplied with ball on both united wings?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'ball' could be 'o' (O looks like a ball) and 'o' is found in the answer.
'united' could be 'utd' (common abbreviation as in names of sports teams) and 'utd' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'o' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for outdo that I've seen before include "Surpass - overshadow - excel" , "Perform better than another" , "Surpass, go one better than" , "Perform better than (someone)" , "Overtake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Times.
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