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Crash into the school head on a tricycle (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strike

'crash into' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the school head on a tricycle' is the wordplay.
'head' indicates taking the first letters.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a tricycle' becomes 'trike' ('trike' can be a synonym of 'tricycle').
The first letter of 'school' is 's'.
's'+'trike'='STRIKE'

(Other definitions for strike that I've seen before include "Failure to hit ball" , "Agree on" , "Everyone out" , "Sudden attack; chime" , "Walk out" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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