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One's report initiates speedy action (8,6)

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I believe the answer is:

starting pistol

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'one's report initiates speedy action' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'one's report initiates speedy action' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'one's' could be 'is' (roman numeral) and 'is' is found in the answer.
'action' could be 'start' (start is a kind of action) and 'start' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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