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Overweight Texas Ranger faces defeat (7)

Ross

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trounce

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(Other definitions for trounce that I've seen before include "Aged skip" , "Thrash" , "Defeat decisively" , "Beat soundly" , "Beat thoroughly on recount" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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