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Race turns out to be a downhill race (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cresta run

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'be a downhill race' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'race turns out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'race'+'turns'='raceturns'
'raceturns' with letters rearranged gives 'CRESTA RUN'.

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(Other definitions for cresta run that I've seen before include "tobogganing slope" , "Frozen channel" , "Swiss skeleton toboggan track" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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