Stuns and ousts deviant (8)
I believe the answer is:
astounds
'stuns' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I can't understand how they can define each other.
'and ousts deviant' is the wordplay.
'deviant' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and'+'ousts'='andousts'
'andousts' anagrammed gives 'ASTOUNDS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for astounds that I've seen is " Amazes, astonishes".)
I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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