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Giant blunder on field concerning (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ogre

'giant' is the definition.
(I know that ogre is a mythical humanoid race)

'blunder on field concerning' is the wordplay.
'blunder on field' becomes 'og' (own goal eg in football).
'concerning' becomes 're' (both can mean on a particular topic).
'og'+'re'='OGRE'

(Other definitions for ogre that I've seen before include "Has a monstrous role" , "terrible person" , "Ugly giant" , "The giant is some goer" , "Fierce giant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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