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Competition adapted garden gnome's cap, making end of pompom round (3-3-5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

egg-and-spoon race

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'end of pompom round' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'competition adapted garden gnome's cap' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'competition' could be 'race' (race is a kind of competition) and 'race' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'eggandspoon' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'making' is the link.

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(Another definition for egg-and-spoon race that I've seen is " Handicapped running contest".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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