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Judge going back on short stretch for hunter (8)

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I believe the answer is:

ferreter

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'for hunter' is the definition.
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'judge going back on short stretch' is the wordplay.
'judge' becomes 'ref' (referee).
'going back' is a reversal indicator.
'on' becomes 're' ('on' can be mean 'with reference to').
'short stretch' becomes 'ter' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ref' reversed gives 'fer'.
'fer'+'re'+'ter'='FERRETER'

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(Another definition for ferreter that I've seen is " Hunter".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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