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Dilettante in a beaten RU team (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amateur

'dilettante' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a beaten ru team' is the wordplay.
'beaten' indicates an anagram (letters beaten up or destroyed).
'ru'+'team'='ruteam'
'ruteam' is an anagram of 'mateur'.
'a'+'mateur'='AMATEUR'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for amateur that I've seen before include "I'm no expert!" , "Layperson" , "One who pursues an activity as a pastime only" , "Layman" , "Non professional, eight across" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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