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Good ball bowled twice, left England's opener to put away (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gobble

'put away' is the definition.

'good ball bowled twice left england's opener' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'ball' becomes 'o'.
'bowled' becomes 'b' (cricket abbreviation).
'twice' indicates the doubling of some letters.
'opener' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letters of 'left englands' is 'le'.
'b' duplicated is 'bb'.
'g'+'o'+'bb'+'le'='GOBBLE'

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for gobble that I've seen before include "Eat very fast" , "Gurgling sound of turkeys" , "Eat quickly and noisily" , "Swallow in lumps and make bird noises" , "Devour" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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