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Spoil line and get knotted (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tangled

'knotted' is the definition.
('tangle' can be a synonym of 'knot')

'spoil line and get' is the wordplay.
'spoil' is an anagram indicator.
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'l'+'and'+'get'='landget'
'landget' is an anagram of 'TANGLED'.

(Other definitions for tangled that I've seen before include "Complex" , "''Oh what a ... web we weave / when first we practise to deceive'' (Walter Scott)" , "Twisted into confused mass" , "In a knotty mess" , "Caught" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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