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Denny piled ten awkwardly, without assistance (13)

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I believe the answer is:

independently

'without assistance' is the definition.
(without depending on others)

'denny piled ten awkwardly' is the wordplay.
'awkwardly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'denny'+'piled'+'ten'='dennypiledten'
'dennypiledten' anagrammed gives 'INDEPENDENTLY'.

(Other definitions for independently that I've seen before include "Alone and unaided" , "without the help of others" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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