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Bowl over with star catching last from mid-wicket (4)

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I believe the answer is:

stun

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

'star catching last from mid-wicket' is the wordplay.
'star' becomes 'sun' (the Sun is a star).
'catching' is an insertion indicator.
'last from mid wicket' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sun' enclosing 't' is 'STUN'.

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stun that I've seen before include "Daze with nuts" , "Daze, paralyse" , "Stagger, amaze" , "Take aback" , "Nuts (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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