Responsible for cards arriving late (10)

I believe the answer is:

behindhand

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'late' is the definition.
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'responsible for cards' is the wordplay.
'responsible for' becomes 'behind' (I've seen this before).
'cards' becomes 'hand' (I've seen this before).
'behind'+'hand'='BEHINDHAND'

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(Other definitions for behindhand that I've seen before include "Late or slow in doing something" , "Late - in arrears" , "From which one might snigger" , "not keeping up with schedule" , "in debt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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