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Hounded for every dry duet performed (10)

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I believe the answer is:

persecuted

'hounded' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'every dry duet performed' is the wordplay.
'every' becomes 'per' ('per' means 'for each' or 'for every').
'dry' becomes 'sec' ('dry' in French - used for wine).
'performed' indicates an anagram.
'duet' is an anagram of 'uted'.
'per'+'sec'+'uted'='PERSECUTED'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for persecuted that I've seen before include "abused" , "Ill-treated" , "Persistently harassed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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