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Damaged and knocked out when caught? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flawed

'damaged' is the definition.
(flawing is a kind of damaging)

'knocked out when caught?' is the wordplay.
'knocked out' becomes 'floored' (I've seen this before).
'when caught?' shows a homophone (sound like) (I've seen 'when caught' mean this).
'floored' is a homophone of 'FLAWED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for flawed that I've seen before include "wrong" , "Blemished; faulty" , "with a hole in it" , "Defective" , "Having blemish or defect" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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