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Were without head-start in what position? (5)

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where

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'position?' is the definition.
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'were without head-start' is the wordplay.
'without' is an insertion indicator ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'head-start' becomes 'h' (start of the word 'head-').
'were' placed around 'h' is 'WHERE'.

'in what' is the link.
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(Other definitions for where that I've seen before include "At which point" , "enquiry" , "a question of location" , "In which position?" , "A question of place?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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