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More crazy rookie displaced after check at last (7)

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I believe the answer is:

kookier

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'more crazy' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are comparative adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'rookie displaced after check at last' is the wordplay.
'displaced' indicates an anagram.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'at last' suggests the final letters.
The final letter of 'check' is 'k'.
'rookie' is an anagram of 'ookier'.
'ookier' after 'k' is 'KOOKIER'.

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(Another definition for kookier that I've seen is " More nuts".)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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