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After chucking the gun out, having a ball (5,3)

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I believe the answer is:

great fun

'a ball' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'after chucking the gun out' is the wordplay.
'chucking' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'chucked' mean this (letters chucked around)).
'out' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'after' with letters rearranged gives 'reatf'.
'reatf' going within 'gun' is 'GREAT FUN'.

'having' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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