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Celebrity against second sequel to go on a hunger strike (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

starve

'go on a hunger strike' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'celebrity against second sequel' is the wordplay.
'celebrity' becomes 'star' (a star is a celebrity or famous person).
'against' becomes 'v' (versus).
'second sequel' becomes 'e' (2nd letter of 'sequel').
'star'+'v'+'e'='STARVE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for starve that I've seen before include "Stop feeding" , "Suffer great hunger" , "Vaster (anag)" , "Suffer from lack of food" , "Suffer extreme hunger" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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