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Take a trick over 1 heart to win (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

triumph

'win' is the definition.
(triumphing is a kind of winning)

'take a trick over 1 heart' is the wordplay.
'take a trick' becomes 'trump' (card game term).
'over' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'1' becomes 'i' ('i' can be a synonym of '1').
'heart' becomes 'h' (card game abbreviation).
'trump' placed around 'i' is 'triump'.
'triump'+'h'='TRIUMPH'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for triumph that I've seen before include "celebrate victory" , "Achieve complete victory" , "Exult in victory" , "Outstanding victory" , "Successful ending of a struggle or contest" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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