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Survive as final batter to get dismissed (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

outlast

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'survive' is the definition.
(I know that survive can be written as outlast)

'final batter to get dismissed' is the wordplay.
'final batter' becomes 'last' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'to get' says to put letters next to each other.
'dismissed' becomes 'out' (dismissed in cricket).
'last' put after 'out' is 'OUTLAST'.

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for outlast that I've seen before include "Endure longer than" , "Go on longer than" , "Survive beyond" , "Lout sat (anag.)" , "Persist longer than" .)

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