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Stone tossed back by a giant (4)

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I believe the answer is:

mega

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'giant' is the definition.
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'stone tossed back by a' is the wordplay.
'stone' becomes 'gem' (I've seen this before).
'tossed back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'gem' backwards is 'meg'.
'meg'+'a'='MEGA'

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(Other definitions for mega that I've seen before include "Terrific" , "Big" , "wicked" , "Huge (slang)" , "extremely good" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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