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Spectators admitted crossing line, taking turn and turn about (6)

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I believe the answer is:

gyrate

'turn about' is the definition.

'spectators admitted crossing line taking turn' is the wordplay.
'spectators admitted' becomes 'gate' (number of people admitted to a sports ground).
'crossing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'line' becomes 'ry' (abbreviation for railway).
'taking turn' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'ry' back-to-front is 'yr'.
'gate' enclosing 'yr' is 'GYRATE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for gyrate that I've seen before include "Spiral about a point" , "Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis" , "Spin around" , "Move rapidly in a circle" , "Move with a circular motion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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