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Beaten cricket coach ultimately cheated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

throbbed

'beaten' is the definition.
(throbbing is a kind of beating)

'cricket coach ultimately cheated' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
'cheated' becomes 'robbed' (robbing is a kind of cheating).
The final letters of 'cricket coach' are 'th'.
'th'+'robbed'='THROBBED'

(Other definitions for throbbed that I've seen before include "Pulsed with noise, pain" , "Pulsated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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