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Jumped in Sierra before accident (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprang

'jumped' is the definition.
(springing is a kind of jumping)

'sierra before accident' is the wordplay.
'sierra' becomes 's' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'before' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'accident' becomes 'prang' (I've seen this before).
's'+'prang'='SPRANG'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for sprang that I've seen before include "Suddenly leapt (up)" , "Leaped forward" , "Bounded forward" , "suddenly developed" , "Jumped suddenly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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