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Cynthia, terribly good sport (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

yachting

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

'cynthia terribly good' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'cynthia' with letters rearranged gives 'yachtin'.
'yachtin'+'g'='YACHTING'

(Other definitions for yachting that I've seen before include "Sailing for pleasure" , "Itchy nag (anag.)" , "Boating sport" , "Boating on pleasure craft" , "Sailing sport" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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