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Bishop survives reprimands (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blasts

'reprimands' is the definition.

'bishop survives' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'survives' becomes 'lasts' ('last' can be a synonym of 'survive').
'b'+'lasts'='BLASTS'

(Other definitions for blasts that I've seen before include "Attacks vituperatively" , "curses" , "Explosions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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