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Run out, curious about stone in platform (7)

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I believe the answer is:

rostrum

'platform' is the definition.
(rostrum is a kind of platform)

'run out curious about stone' is the wordplay.
'run out' becomes 'ro' (cricket abbreviation).
'curious' becomes 'rum' ('rum' can be a synonym of 'curious').
'about' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'stone' becomes 'st'.
'rum' put after 'st' is 'strum'.
'ro'+'strum'='ROSTRUM'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rostrum that I've seen before include "At which one may conduct" , "Platform for speaker" , "Raised platform" , "beak" , "Platform for public speakers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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