Kylie play about Romeo and Juliet going ahead in fits and starts (7)
I believe the answer is:
jerkily
'going ahead in fits and starts' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'kylie play about romeo and juliet' is the wordplay.
'play' indicates anagramming the letters.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'romeo' becomes 'r' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'juliet' becomes 'J' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'kylie' is an anagram of 'ekily'.
'ekily' going around 'r' is 'erkily'.
'erkily' put after 'j' is 'JERKILY'.
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