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Bowled, completely smothering fine stroke (9)

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I believe the answer is:

butterfly

'stroke' is the definition.
(type of swimming stroke)

'bowled completely smothering fine' is the wordplay.
'bowled' becomes 'b' (cricket abbreviation).
'completely' becomes 'utterly' ('utterly' can be a synonym of 'completely'**).
'smothering' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'utterly' going around 'f' is 'utterfly'.
'b'+'utterfly'='BUTTERFLY'

(Other definitions for butterfly that I've seen before include "Insect; flighty person" , "Lepidopterous insect" , "Beautiful insect and swimming stroke" , "Swimming stroke - sort of net, kiss or screw" , "Skipper for instance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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