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Winning blow when field's entered (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pleasant

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'winning' is the definition.
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'blow when field's entered' is the wordplay.
'blow when' becomes 'pant' (I am not sure about the 'when' bit.).
'field's' becomes 'lea's' (lea can mean a meadow or field of grass).
'entered' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pant' placed around 'leas' is 'PLEASANT'.

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(Other definitions for pleasant that I've seen before include "Enjoyable, agreeable" , "Enjoyable, nice" , "A greeable, affable" , "Refreshing" , "Attractive" .)

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