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Might such an effort get total support for a strike? (3,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

all out

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'might such an effort' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally define each other.

'total support for a strike?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'total' could be 'all' (I've seen this before) and 'all' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'out' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'get' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for all out that I've seen before include "total" , "Putting full effort into" , "tenth wicket has been taken" , "Call for the strike" , "Most strenuous" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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