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Incitement for a horse (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spur

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'incitement' is the definition.
(spur is a kind of incitement)

I can't explain the rest of the clue.

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(Other definitions for spur that I've seen before include "Goad - branch line" , "Impel" , "Cowboy's goading instrument" , "Goad as for a horse" , "Egg on or goad as horseman might" .)

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