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Strewn nuts deter cats (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scattered

'strewn' is the definition.
(strewn means scattered around)

'nuts deter cats' is the wordplay.
'nuts' indicates an anagram (nuts can mean crazy).
'deter'+'cats'='detercats'
'detercats' is an anagram of 'SCATTERED'.

(Other definitions for scattered that I've seen before include "Broadcast" , "Occasional" , "Strewn, widely dispersed" , "Thrown in various directions" , "Distributed at random" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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