Farmer being punched by small gang (10)

I believe the answer is:

husbandman

'farmer' is the definition.
(I know that farmer can be written as husbandman)

'being punched by small gang' is the wordplay.
'being' becomes 'human' (human is a kind of being).
'punched by' indicates putting letters inside.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'gang' becomes 'band' (I've seen this before).
's'+'band'='sband'
'human' placed around 'sband' is 'HUSBANDMAN'.

(Another definition for husbandman that I've seen is " Old farmer".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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