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Caught bringing in line put out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nettled

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'put out' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'caught bringing in line' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'line' could be 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem) and 'l' is found in the answer.
'caught' could be 'netted' (netting is a kind of catching) and 'netted' is found in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for nettled that I've seen before include "Irritated as by stinging plant" , "annoyed one" , "Provoked" , "becomes annoyed" , "Annoyed as by stinging plant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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