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Deal with placing second after field event (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

discuss

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'deal with' is the definition.
(discussing is a kind of dealing with)

'second after field event' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'field event' becomes 'discus' (discus is a kind of field event).
's' put after 'discus' is 'DISCUSS'.

'placing' is the link.
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(Other definitions for discuss that I've seen before include "Debate" , "Consider" , "Talk about (something)" , "Go into" , "Argue" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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