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Catch with an outright blow (4)

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I believe the answer is:

trap

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'catch' is the definition.
(I know that trap is a kind of catch)

'with an outright blow' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an outright' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'blow' becomes 'rap' (rap is a kind of blow).
't' next to 'rap' is 'TRAP'.

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(Other definitions for trap that I've seen before include "Means of transport (sometime sprung!)" , "Deceive" , "Control ball" , "Snaring device" , "Driver's obstacle" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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