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Excessively recoiling part of blowtorch-cum-revolver (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overmuch

'excessively' is the definition.
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'recoiling part of blowtorch-cum-revolver' is the wordplay.
'recoiling' is a reversal indicator.
'part of' indicates a hidden word.
'hcumrevo' is hidden in the letters of 'blowtorch cum revolver'.
'hcumrevo' backwards is 'OVERMUCH'.

(Other definitions for overmuch that I've seen before include "Too large an amount" , "To too great an extent" , "Excessively" , "Excessive amount" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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