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Disputed cheat bowling during test? (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

controversial

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'disputed' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'cheat bowling during test?' is the wordplay.
'cheat' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of cheat).
'bowling' becomes 'overs' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'test?' becomes 'trial' (synonyms).
'overs' going within 'trial' is 'troversial'.
'con'+'troversial'='CONTROVERSIAL'

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(Other definitions for controversial that I've seen before include "Tendentious" , "Likely to cause disagreement" , "Open to question" , "At issue" , "Contentious" .)

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