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Heard sea was up to the playground equipment (6)

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I believe the answer is:

seesaw

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'the playground equipment' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'heard sea was up' is the wordplay.
'heard' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'was up' becomes 'saw' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sea' is a homophone of 'see'.
'see'+'saw'='SEESAW'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for seesaw that I've seen before include "Go one way and then the other" , "yo-yo" , "Children's playground item" , "Recreation ground item" , "Up-and-down children's game with plank on barrel" .)

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