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On being caught in a tangled net, it's quite a weight (5)

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tonne

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'weight' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'on being caught in a tangled net' is the wordplay.
'being caught in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a tangled' is an anagram indicator.
'net' with letters rearranged gives 'tne'.
'on' going within 'tne' is 'TONNE'.

'it's quite a' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for tonne that I've seen before include "A thousand kilogrammes" , "One thousand kilograms" , "1000 kilograms" , "Mass" , "Metric weight unit" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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