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Crazy blunders involving knucklehead (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bonkers

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

'blunders involving knucklehead' is the wordplay.
'blunders' becomes 'boners' ('boner' can be a synonym of 'blunder').
'involving' is an insertion indicator.
'knucklehead' becomes 'k' (head letter of 'knuckle').
'boners' enclosing 'k' is 'BONKERS'.

(Other definitions for bonkers that I've seen before include "bats" , "Out to lunch" , "Nuts" , "They could reproduce" , "Barmy, crackers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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