June’s last tango: it hit her badly (9)
I believe the answer is:
thirtieth
'june's last' is the definition.
(last day of June)
'tango it hit her badly' is the wordplay.
'tango' becomes 't' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'it'+'hit'+'her'='ithither'
'ithither' with letters rearranged gives 'hirtieth'.
't'+'hirtieth'='THIRTIETH'
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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