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Seized and roughly put out radical (8)

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I believe the answer is:

captured

'seized' is the definition.
(capturing is a kind of seizing)

'roughly put out radical' is the wordplay.
'roughly' becomes 'ca'.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'radical' becomes 'red' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'put' is an anagram of 'ptu'.
'ca'+'ptu'+'red'='CAPTURED'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for captured that I've seen before include "Caught, seized after a chase" , "Apprehended" , "Took prisoner" , "Prisoners" , "Arrested, seized" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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