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Are such battles far-flung? (7)

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pitched

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'flung?' is the definition.
(pitching is a kind of flinging)

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(Other definitions for pitched that I've seen before include "Threw" , "Set on a particular musical note" , "cast" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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