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Two articles about grant for long jumper? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

athlete

'long jumper?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'two articles about grant' is the wordplay.
'two articles' means two replacements for 'article'.
'article' becomes 'a' (the indefinite article in English).
'article' becomes 'the' (the definite article).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'grant' becomes 'let' (I've seen this in another clue).
'the' placed around 'let' is 'thlete'.
'a'+'thlete'='ATHLETE'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for athlete that I've seen before include "Jumper, say" , "One competes in sports" , "One who's good at sport" , "The late one is very fit, oddly" , "Sprinter, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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