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Ball delivered underarm - and red too, surprisingly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

deodorant

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'ball delivered underarm' is the definition.
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'and red too surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' is an anagram indicator (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'and'+'red'+'too'='andredtoo'
'andredtoo' is an anagram of 'DEODORANT'.

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(Other definitions for deodorant that I've seen before include "Remover of smells" , "Underarm spray, perhaps" , "Substance that removes unwanted smells" , "Toiletry product" , "Smell masker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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