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Start without key or with broken key (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hot-wire

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'start' is the definition.
(hot-wiring is a kind of starting)

'or with broken key' is the wordplay.
'broken' is an anagram indicator.
'key' becomes 'e' (a musical key).
'or'+'with'='orwith'
'orwith' is an anagram of 'hotwir'.
'hotwir'+'e'='HOT-WIRE'

'without key' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Another definition for hot-wire that I've seen is " Make unorthodox start".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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