Exhausted cricketer, first dismissed, entering crude pavilion? (9)
I believe the answer is:
shattered
'exhausted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cricketer first dismissed entering crude pavilion?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'first' could be 'a' and 'a' is found within the answer.
'entering' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shattered that I've seen before include "Broken into many pieces" , "He started off, being quite broken up" , "Broken into sharp pieces" , "Broken into bits" , "after 13 [BREAKING UP]?" .)