Do it fine in sporty Focus (10)
I believe the answer is:
definition
'focus' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'do it fine in sporty' is the wordplay.
'sporty' indicates an anagram.
'do'+'it'+'fine'+'in'='doitfinein'
'doitfinein' with letters rearranged gives 'DEFINITION'.
(Another definition for definition that I've seen is " (Word's) meaning".)
I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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