Crossword Genius

Certain links might come thus unrehearsed? (3-3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

off-the-cuff

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'unrehearsed?' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'certain links might come thus' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'certain' could be 'the' (definite article - refers to a certain object) and 'the' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for off-the-cuff that I've seen before include "Impromptu" , "Unofficially - improvised" , "Spontaneous" , "Improvised - extempore" .)

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