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Make concrete target, providing front piece of yellow (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

objectify

'make concrete' is the definition.
(to make something abstract concrete)

'target providing front piece of yellow' is the wordplay.
'target' becomes 'object' (synonyms).
'providing' becomes 'if' (I've seen this in other clues).
'front piece of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'yellow' is 'y'.
'object'+'if'+'y'='OBJECTIFY'

(Another definition for objectify that I've seen is " Express concretely".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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