Team with one fan forced into a big effort (2,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
no mean feat
'team' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'one fan forced into a big effort' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'me' (a setter might use 'one' to humourously mean 'me') and 'me' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'fan' is 'anf' which is within the answer.
'a' is within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'with' acts as a link.
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I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times.
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