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Jump to give new lance a dust (6-5)

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I believe the answer is:

spring-clean

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'jump to give new lance a dust' is the definition.
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'jump to give new lance' is the wordplay.
'jump' becomes 'spring' (spring is a kind of jump).
'to give' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'lance' is an anagram of 'clean'.
'spring'+'clean'='SPRING-CLEAN'

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(Other definitions for spring-clean that I've seen before include "Give (a house) a good going over" , "Annual going over of a home" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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