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Keen to play with toys — everything depends on it (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

keystone

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'everything depends on it' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'keen to play with toys' is the wordplay.
'to play with' indicates an anagram.
'keen' mixed up with 'toys' gives 'KEYSTONE'.

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(Other definitions for keystone that I've seen before include "Chief brick in an arch" , "Central part of arch" , "Central policy; arch top" , "important element" , "Central principle of a policy" .)

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