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Cyclist's close with a head coach (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teach

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'coach' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cyclist's close with a head' is the wordplay.
'cyclist's close' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a head' becomes 'each' (I have seen 'A head' mean 'each' so perhaps 'head' could also mean 'each').
't'+'each'='TEACH'

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(Other definitions for teach that I've seen before include "Blackbeard" , "Provide learning to" , "Tutor" , "Educate 4 across" , "Impart knowledge" .)

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