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Test pilot? (3,2,10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

run an experiment

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'pilot?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'test' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'test' could be 'experiment' (I've seen this before) and 'experiment' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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