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Demonstrated cunning in club? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marched

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'demonstrated' is the definition.
('march' can be a synonym of 'demonstrate')

'cunning in club?' is the wordplay.
'cunning' becomes 'arch' (arch can mean cunning or tricksy).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'club?' becomes 'med' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'arch' going inside 'med' is 'MARCHED'.

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(Other definitions for marched that I've seen before include "Walked in step" , "took part in moving protest" , "Walked with measured strides" , "Moved with measured strides" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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