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Celtic cup upset inspiring lines like this (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cryptic clue

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'celtic cup upset inspiring lines' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'like this' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'cryptic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'this' becomes 'clue' (the clue referring to itself!).
'cryptic'+'clue'='CRYPTIC CLUE'

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(Another definition for cryptic clue that I've seen is " Hint more mysterious than this one!".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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