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Mark Wood supporting principle of Duckworth-Lewis (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dash

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'mark' is the definition.
(dash is a kind of mark)

'wood supporting principle of duckworth-lewis' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'wood' could be 'ash' (wood from an ash tree) and 'ash' is located in the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for dash that I've seen before include "hasty journey" , "Fly" , "Destroy (hopes); run" , "Hurl; rush" , "Discourage - suggestion - hurry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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