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Odd farm trick gone out of control (7)

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I believe the answer is:

frantic

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'gone out of control' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally mean the same thing.

'odd farm trick' is the wordplay.
'odd' indicates alternate letters.
'trick' becomes 'antic' (synonyms).
The alternate letters of 'farm' are 'fr'.
'fr'+'antic'='FRANTIC'

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(Other definitions for frantic that I've seen before include "Mad" , "Phrenetic" , "very worried" , "Frenetic" , "not collected!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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