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Oscar Furlong starts craze to go hunting (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forage

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'go hunting' is the definition.
'forage' can be an answer for 'hunting' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'go' bit.

'oscar furlong starts craze' is the wordplay.
'oscar' becomes 'o' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'furlong' becomes 'f' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'starts' says to put letters next to each other.
'craze' becomes 'rage' ('rage' can be a synonym of 'craze').
'o' after 'f' is 'fo'.
'fo'+'rage'='FORAGE'

'to' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for forage that I've seen before include "Rummage, search for" , "Wander and feed" , "Hunt for food or provisions" , "Rummage, go searching" , "look around" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and The Irish Times.
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