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Sportsman's key choice to change soft coat (3-6,6)

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I believe the answer is:

ice-hockey player

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'sportsman's' is the definition.
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'key choice to change soft coat' is the wordplay.
'to change' is an anagram indicator.
'soft' becomes 'p' (musical abbreviation for piano, 'soft').
'coat' becomes 'layer' (layering is a kind of coating).
'key'+'choice'='keychoice'
'keychoice' with letters rearranged gives 'icehockey'.
'icehockey'+'p'+'layer'='ICE-HOCKEY PLAYER'

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