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One beaten with the cat again? (3-3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tom-tom

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

'with the cat again?' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the cat' becomes 'tom' (a tom is a male cat).
'again?' becomes 'tom' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'tom'+'tom' is 'TOM-TOM'.

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(Other definitions for tom-tom that I've seen before include "Tall jazz drum" , "Hand-beaten drum" , "Medium-sized drum" , "Drum - the piper's son (3-3);" , "Repetitive cat on the drum" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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