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Bonus run in passage of play by means of wide (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overthrow

'bonus run' is the definition.
(cricket term)

'passage of play by means of wide' is the wordplay.
'passage of play' becomes 'over' (a passage of play in cricket).
'by means of' becomes 'thro' (informal way of writing 'through').
'wide' becomes 'w' (abbreviation e.g. in cricket).
'over'+'thro'+'w'='OVERTHROW'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for overthrow that I've seen before include "cover for furniture" , "caused discomfiture" , "Dethrone or oust" , "destruction" , "Error on cricket field - defeat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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