Admit and deny absurdly having exploded (9)
I believe the answer is:
dynamited
'exploded' is the definition.
(dynamiting is a kind of exploding)
'admit and deny absurdly' is the wordplay.
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'absurdly' is an anagram indicator.
'admit'+'deny'='admitdeny'
'admitdeny' anagrammed gives 'DYNAMITED'.
'having' acts as a link.
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