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To live at a road junction is a risky thing (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bet

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'a risky thing' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'to live at a road junction' is the wordplay.
'to live' becomes 'be' ('be' can be a synonym of 'live').
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'a road junction' becomes 'T' (T-junction is a type of road junction).
'be'+'t'='BET'

'is' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bet that I've seen before include "Wager, speculate" , "Speculation" , "Wager, or the sum waged" , "Money risked on a gamble" , "'Stake, wager (3)'" .)

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