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Leaves easy winning position (5-4)

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hands-down

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(Other definitions for hands-down that I've seen before include "Leaves - effortlessly" , "Win thus, easily and completely" , "Of victory, won easily in manual manner?" , "Win thus manually for an outright victory" , "Win thus manually for clear victory" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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