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Old spinner given test, he failed to trap Yorkshire's opener (7-5)

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I believe the answer is:

seventy-eight

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'old spinner' is the definition.
'seventy eight' can be an answer for 'spinner' (I have seen 'fast spinner' mean 'seventy eight' so perhaps 'spinner' could also mean 'seventy eight'). I'm not certain of the 'old' bit.

'given test he failed to trap yorkshire's opener' is the wordplay.
'failed' is an anagram indicator.
'to trap' is an insertion indicator.
'opener' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'yorkshire' is 'y'.
'given'+'test'+'he'='giventesthe'
'giventesthe' is an anagram of 'seventeight'.
'seventeight' placed around 'y' is 'SEVENTY-EIGHT'.

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(Another definition for seventy-eight that I've seen is " Old gramophone record".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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