Secretive lout thrown out of the cricket club (6)

I believe the answer is:

occult

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'secretive' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?

'lout thrown out of the cricket club' is the wordplay.
'thrown' is an anagram indicator.
'out of' indicates putting letters inside.
'the cricket club' becomes 'cc'.
'lout' is an anagram of 'oult'.
'oult' placed around 'cc' is 'OCCULT'.

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(Other definitions for occult that I've seen before include "Secret - supernatural" , "Involving supernatural phenomena" , "Magical; hide from view (astron.)" , "Mystical, involving the supernatural" , "Secret - mysterious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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