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Spring over to acknowledge success (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

welldone

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'acknowledge success' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'spring over' is the wordplay.
'spring' becomes 'well' (both can mean a source of water).
'over' becomes 'done' (both can mean finished).
'well'+'done'='WELLDONE'

'to' is the link.

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