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Part of Rashid’s armoury steals trophy from the ground (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

topspin

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'ground' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?

'part of rashid's armoury steals trophy from' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'part' could be 'top' (top is a kind of part) and 'top' is found within the answer.
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for topspin that I've seen before include "Warne might use this" , "Rotation given to ball" , "What can make a ball curve" , "What bowler might impart to a ball" , "Way of making a ball curve" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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