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Jingle object by the shaft (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adit

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'the shaft' is the definition.
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'jingle object by' is the wordplay.
'jingle' becomes 'ad' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'object' becomes 'it' (pronoun for an inanimate object).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'ad'+'it'='ADIT'

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(Other definitions for adit that I've seen before include "Horiz. mine entrance" , "Mine access passage" , "Pit access" , "Almost horizontal mine shaft" , "Passageway into a mine" .)

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