In Netherlands sleuth botched hard case (8)

I believe the answer is:

nutshell

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'hard case' is the definition.
'nutshell' can be an answer for 'case' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'hard' bit.

'in netherlands sleuth botched' is the wordplay.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'netherlands' becomes 'nl'.
'botched' indicates an anagram.
'sleuth' is an anagram of 'utshel'.
'nl' going around 'utshel' is 'NUTSHELL'.

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(Other definitions for nutshell that I've seen before include "Brief facts" , "Part of Brazil" , "Kernel holder" , "Ten hulls (anag)" , "It holds the kernel (or summary?)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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