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Survive like the tenth batsman? (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)

'like the tenth batsman?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'like' could be 'as' and 'as' is found within the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for outlast that I've seen before include "Persist longer than" , "Lout sat (anag.)" , "carry on after all others" , "Live longer than" , "Survive longer than" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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