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Different speed on foot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spondee

'foot' is the definition.
(type of metrical foot in poetry)

'different speed on' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates anagramming the letters.
'speed'+'on'='speedon'
'speedon' with letters rearranged gives 'SPONDEE'.

(Other definitions for spondee that I've seen before include "Metric foot of two long syllables" , "No speed required for poetic metrical foot" , "bit of verse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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