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Criticise master rising to get gold and silver for example (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

metals

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'silver for example' is the definition.
(I know that Ag is a type of noble metal)

'criticise master rising' is the wordplay.
'criticise' becomes 'slate' (I've seen this before).
'master' becomes 'm'.
'rising' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'slate'+'m'='slatem'
'slatem' back-to-front is 'METALS'.

'to get gold and' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for metals that I've seen before include "Gold and aluminium, say" , "Gold and silver, say" , "Silver and platinum, say" , "Silver and aluminium, say" , "Chemical elements that are usually shiny solids" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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