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Go over civil injury at a brisk pace (4)

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I believe the answer is:

trot

'a brisk pace' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'go over civil injury' is the wordplay.
'go over' is a reversal indicator (I've seen 'going over' mean this).
'civil injury' becomes 'tort' (I've seen this in another clue).
'tort' backwards is 'TROT'.

'at' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for trot that I've seen before include "equestrians sometimes associate with rising" , "Radical socialist (abbr) - horse gait" , "Red" , "(Horse's) pace faster than a walk" , "Communist - horse pace faster that a walk" .)

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