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Playing the cello, I'd make quite an impact on (7)

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I believe the answer is:

collide

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'quite an impact on' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'playing the cello i'd' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'cello'+'id'='celloid'
'celloid' is an anagram of 'COLLIDE'.

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(Other definitions for collide that I've seen before include "Smash together" , "Clash; conflict" , "Run into" , "Come into conflict" , "Hit" .)

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