Father over street going on to raise nipper (4,5)

Independent Cryptic #10927 | 25 Across | 2021-10-20
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

FR (abbreviation for father, as a title for a clergyman) + O (over, in cricket scoring) + ST (abbreviation for street), all after (going on = added to) JACK (as a verb = raise using a lever mechanism, as in jacking up a car for repairs). For the somewhat cryptic definition, think of The Christmas Song : “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose.”

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