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Small fender bender arose (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprang

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'arose' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'small fender bender' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'small' could be 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size) and 's' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'prang' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for sprang that I've seen before include "Jumped suddenly" , "freed prisoner" , "Leapt foward" , "Leapt forward" , "got out of jail" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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