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Hostility shown by bowler, perhaps English (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hate

'hostility' is the definition.
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'shown by bowler perhaps english' is the wordplay.
'shown by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'bowler perhaps' becomes 'hat' (bowler is a kind of hat**).
'english' becomes 'e' (abbreviation).
'hat' put next to 'e' is 'HATE'.

(Other definitions for hate that I've seen before include "Loathing" , "powerful emotion" , "Passionately dislike" , "Abhor" , "Despise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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