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Something put on caught out of harmful habit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

addition

'something put on' is the definition.

'caught out of harmful habit' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'out of' is a deletion indicator.
'harmful habit' becomes 'addiction'.
'addiction' with 'c' taken out is 'ADDITION'.

(Other definitions for addition that I've seen before include "plus" , "Supplement" , "Simple kind of arithmetic" , "Combination of numbers to find the sum" , "Summing up process?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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