Ditch everybody in times showing great cruelty (8)
I believe the answer is:
brutally
'ditch everybody in times showing great cruelty' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'ditch everybody in times' is the wordplay.
'ditch' becomes 'rut' (rut is a kind of ditch).
'everybody' becomes 'all' (all people).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'times' becomes 'by' (both can mean 'multiplied by').
'rut'+'all'='rutall'
'rutall' put into 'by' is 'BRUTALLY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brutally that I've seen before include "in savage style" , "without mercy" , "without any feeling" , "Cruelly" , "Savagely, violently" .)