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Second double fifty secured by man (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

twinkling

'second' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'double fifty secured by man' is the wordplay.
'double' becomes 'twin' (I've seen this before).
'fifty' becomes 'l' ('L' can be a synonym of 'fifty').
'secured by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'man' becomes 'king' (king is a kind of man**).
'l' placed inside 'king' is 'kling'.
'twin'+'kling'='TWINKLING'

(Other definitions for twinkling that I've seen before include "for a short time" , "Sparkling like a star" , "How stars appear" , "Instant" , "Second" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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