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Shocking dive by top soccer players left Aussie spectators heckling (6)

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I believe the answer is:

splash

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'shocking dive' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'top soccer players left aussie spectators heckling' is the wordplay.
'top' indicates taking the first letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
The first letters of 'soccer players left aussie spectators heckling' is 'SPLASH'.

'by' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for splash that I've seen before include "Spend freely or make wet" , "Spend money freely, like loose water" , "Sound of an object hitting liquid" , "Trumpet" , "Cause water to fly about in drops" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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