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Hypothetically speaking, if こと is being used as a nominalizing suffix in the
following sentence:

> その時々の課題をクリアすることに、全力で取り組んでいる間は、何も思い悩んだりせずにすむ。

would the above sentence be able to be re-written as the following?

> その時々の課題をクリアに、全力で取り組んでいる間は、何も思い悩んだりせずにすむ。

I'm asking this as I'm certain the こと is only there to nominalize the suru
verb, which appears to be made of a noun-suru compound.
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word-choice compound-verbs
Would removing the すること turn クリア back into a noun?
No, this is not possible.

課題をクリアする means "to clear (succeed in solving) a problem". It takes an object
(marked by を）問題. This is clearly a transitive verb structure. If you try and
change it to a noun then you are left with 課題を and no verb to go with it.

Perhaps you meant to ask about 課題 **の** クリアに. This would a least be
grammatical, but I think it is also nonsense. 課題をクリアすることに取り組んでいる means
"striving to clear (solve) the problem". When you strive you strive to **do**
something. It only makes sense to me that a verb is required.
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