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Initial repetition is only repetition after all (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

alliteration

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'only repetition after all' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'initial repetition' is the wordplay.
'initial' becomes 'all' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'repetition' becomes 'iteration' (iteration is a kind of repetition).
'all'+'iteration'='ALLITERATION'

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(Other definitions for alliteration that I've seen before include "Poetic rhyming device using words with the same initial letter" , "Poetic ploy practised with panache!" , "Peter practised poetic ploy perfectly" , "Successive starts sounding similarly" , "Repeated first letters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent and The Globe and Mail.
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