Too strong, Novak artfully secures blunder; ... (8)
I believe the answer is:
overrank
'too strong' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'novak artfully secures blunder' is the wordplay.
'artfully' indicates an anagram (a devious or artful form of the letters).
'secures' is an insertion indicator.
'blunder' becomes 'err' (to err is to make a mistake or blunder).
'novak' anagrammed gives 'ovank'.
'ovank' going around 'err' is 'OVERRANK'.
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