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Taken from cover and shot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shelled

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'taken' is the definition.
(shelling is a kind of taking)

'cover and shot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'cover' could be 'shell' (shell is a kind of cover) and 'shell' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ed' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'from' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for shelled that I've seen before include "Bombed" , "Under cannon fire" , "Deprived of casing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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