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Some words from junior sleigh rider in speech? (11,6)

Ross

I think it could be either:

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11

11,6

subordinate clause

'some words' is the definition.
(part of a sentence)

'junior sleigh rider in speech?' is the wordplay.
'junior' becomes 'subordinate' (as in junior employees).
'sleigh rider' becomes 'Claus' (Santa Claus).
'in speech?' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (I've seen 'in speech' mean this).
'claus' sounds like 'clause'.
'subordinate'+'clause'='SUBORDINATE CLAUSE'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for subordinate clause that I've seen before include "Part of a sentence" , "Grammatical construction" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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