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Skating manoeuvre exposes brave act in extremely imposing finale of routine (7,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outside edge

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

'exposes brave act in extremely imposing finale of routine' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'exposes' could be 'outs' (outing is a kind of exposing) and 'outs' is found in the answer.
'act' could be 'deed' (deed is a kind of act) and 'deed' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for outside edge that I've seen before include "position in ice-skating" , "part of ice-skate" , "One's going to slip, perhaps" , "skating manoeuvre" , "Chance to slip maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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