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Wreck party after hill exercise (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torpedo

'wreck' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'party after hill exercise' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill).
'exercise' becomes 'pe' (Physical Education).
'tor'+'pe'='torpe'
'do' after 'torpe' is 'TORPEDO'.

(Other definitions for torpedo that I've seen before include "Naval missile" , "ruin" , "Poor Ted (anag)" , "Such as could sink" , "Trooped (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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