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Contests securing figure London theatre parts (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

components

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'contests' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to natural events as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'securing figure london theatre parts' is the wordplay.
'securing' indicates putting letters inside.
'figure' becomes 'one' (a numerical figure).
'london' becomes 'comps' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'theatre' becomes 'NT' (National Theatre).
'parts' is an insertion indicator (in the sense of cuts or separates).
'one' inserted into 'comps' is 'compones'.
'compones' enclosing 'nt' is 'COMPONENTS'.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for components that I've seen is " Parts".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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