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Singer James Blunt reportedly goes ahead to make open sandwich (10)

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I believe the answer is:

bruschetta

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'make open sandwich' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'singer james blunt reportedly goes ahead' is the wordplay.
'singer james' becomes 'etta' (I've seen this in another clue).
'blunt reportedly' becomes 'brusch' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'goes ahead' says to put letters next to each other.
'etta' put after 'brusch' is 'BRUSCHETTA'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bruschetta that I've seen before include "Italian toast" , "Italian bread, toasted and served with olive oil, tomatoes, herbs, garlic etc" , "Italian dish" , "Ciabatta with olive oil and tomatoes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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