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Several deliveries arrived crushed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

overcame

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'crushed' is the definition.
(overcoming is a kind of crushing)

'several deliveries arrived' is the wordplay.
'several deliveries' becomes 'over' (I've seen this before. I am not sure about the 'several' bit.**).
'arrived' becomes 'came' (coming is a kind of arriving).
'over'+'came'='OVERCAME'

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(Other definitions for overcame that I've seen before include "Defeated or got over" , "Got the better of" , "prevailed" , "Conquered" , "Beat (someone)" .)

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