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Last of batsmen, positive around leg stump (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nonplus

'stump' is the definition.
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'last of batsmen positive around leg' is the wordplay.
'last of' says to take the final letters.
'positive' becomes 'plus' ('plus' can be similar in meaning to 'positive'**).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'leg' becomes 'on' (cricket term, fielding positions).
The final letter of 'batsmen' is 'n'.
'n'+'plus'='nplus'
'nplus' going around 'on' is 'NONPLUS'.

(Other definitions for nonplus that I've seen before include "Throw into confusion" , "Surprise and confuse" , "Perplex totally" , "Perplex, confound" , "Get flummoxed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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