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Put one's foot down seeing expert cover Electra complex (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accelerate

'put one's foot down' is the definition.

'expert cover electra complex' is the wordplay.
'expert' becomes 'ace' (ace is a kind of expert).
'cover' is an insertion indicator.
'complex' indicates an anagram.
'electra' is an anagram of 'celerat'.
'ace' enclosing 'celerat' is 'ACCELERATE'.

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for accelerate that I've seen before include "Go faster" , "snowball" , "Increase speed" , "Quicken" , "Crank up" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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