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Football team's about to struggle with questions after final whistle? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

interviews

'questions after final whistle?' is the definition.
(as in interviews after a sports match ends)

'football team's about to struggle with' is the wordplay.
'football team's' becomes 'inters' (short for Inter Milan, Italian football team).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'to struggle' becomes 'vie' (I've seen this before).
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'vie'+'w'='view'
'inters' going around 'view' is 'INTERVIEWS'.

(Other definitions for interviews that I've seen before include "audiences" , "Questions" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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