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Violent players may be plastered (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roughcast

'may be plastered' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'violent players' is the wordplay.
'violent' becomes 'rough'.
'players' becomes 'cast' (I've seen this before).
'rough'+'cast'='ROUGHCAST'

(Other definitions for roughcast that I've seen before include "outdoor coat" , "Lacking refinement" , "Superficial application" , "not in the best of form yet" , "Pebbled surface of wall" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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