Improvised play with four fellows - touché! (10)
I believe the answer is:
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'improvised play with four' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'fellows touche' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'fellows' could be 'ff' (an abbreviation for fellow written twice) and 'ff' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'touche' is 'othecu' which is present in the remaining letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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