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Give way, as vehicle reverses around cricket club with sign of hesitation (7)

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I believe the answer is:

succumb

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

'vehicle reverses around cricket club with sign of hesitation' is the wordplay.
'vehicle reverses' becomes 'sub' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'cricket club' becomes 'cc' (cricketing abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sign of hesitation' becomes 'um' (expression of hesitation).
'cc'+'um'='ccum'
'sub' enclosing 'ccum' is 'SUCCUMB'.

'as' is the link.

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(Other definitions for succumb that I've seen before include "Give in, yield" , "Capitulate" , "Surrender" , "Give way to superior force" , "Give in (to disease, etc)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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