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This person's two ducks causing damage (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impair

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'damage' is the definition.
(impairing is a kind of damaging)

'this person's two' is the wordplay.
'this person's' becomes 'im' (this person means the crossword setter themselves).
'two' becomes 'pair' (pair is a kind of two).
'im'+'pair'='IMPAIR'

'ducks causing' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for impair that I've seen before include "Hurt or handicap" , "Reduce" , "Damage or handicap" , "Hinder" , "Damage or injure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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