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Teams take action about one minor concern (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

side issue

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'minor concern' is the definition.
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'teams take action about one' is the wordplay.
'teams' becomes 'sides' (eg football sides).
'take action' becomes 'sue' (as in suing somebody in court).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'sides'+'sue'='sidessue'
'sidessue' going around 'i' is 'SIDE ISSUE'.

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(Other definitions for side issue that I've seen before include "Ancillary consideration" , "It's not an important matter" , "That's not so important" , "Incidental topic" , "minor affair" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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