Meets on the crash course? (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

bumps into

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'meets' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'the crash course?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
'course?' could be 's' and 's' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'on' acts as a link.

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I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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