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Bill with CID hurt ten in crash (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

accident

'crash' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bill with cid hurt ten' is the wordplay.
'bill' becomes 'ac' (abbreviation for account).
'with' indicates putting letters inside.
'hurt' indicates an anagram.
'ten' with letters rearranged gives 'ent'.
'cid' inserted inside 'ent' is 'cident'.
'ac'+'cident'='ACCIDENT'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for accident that I've seen before include "Unforeseen mishap" , "Unexpected and unplanned event" , "Chance misfortune or injury" , "Prang" , "Unforseen misfortune" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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