Short offensive, two bits of dynamite blasted? (5)
I believe the answer is:
ruddy
'blasted' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'short offensive two bits of' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'offensive' becomes 'rude'.
'two bits of' becomes 'dy' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rude' with its last letter removed is 'rud'.
'rud'+'dy'='RUDDY'
'dynamite' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ruddy that I've seen before include "Damn" , "Healthily red; sort of duck" , "Bright" , "Looking healthy" , "Dratted" .)