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Boy grabs right back, man of the match in well-defended area (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strongroom

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'area' is the definition.
(strongroom is a kind of area)

'boy grabs right back man of the match in' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'ron' (short for Ronald).
'grabs right back' becomes 'st' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'man of the match' becomes 'groom' (I've seen this before).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'st'+'groom'='stgroom'
'ron' put within 'stgroom' is 'STRONGROOM'.

'well-defended' is the link.
This may not be correct. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for strongroom that I've seen before include "safe place" , "Bank vault" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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