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Batting and feeling the stress, but it's great (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intense

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'great' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'batting and feeling the stress but it's' is the wordplay.
'batting' becomes 'in' (cricket term).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'feeling the stress but' becomes 'tens' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'it' becomes 'e' ('e' can mean 'electronic' which is similar to 'IT').
'in'+'tens'+'e'='INTENSE'

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(Other definitions for intense that I've seen before include "Strong in degree or emotion" , "Showing strong feelings or opinions" , "amplified?" , "Set nine (anag.)" , "Great" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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