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Bewildered foe abducts bats (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obfuscated

'bewildered' is the definition.
(obfuscate can mean to bewilder or confuse)

'foe abducts bats' is the wordplay.
'bats' indicates an anagram (slang for mad).
'foe'+'abducts'='foeabducts'
'foeabducts' anagrammed gives 'OBFUSCATED'.

(Another definition for obfuscated that I've seen is " Made unintelligible".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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