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Sometimes badger a kid playing in wind (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roadkill

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'sometimes badger' is the definition.
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'a kid playing in wind' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'wind' becomes 'roll' (synonyms).
'a'+'kid'='akid'
'akid' is an anagram of 'adki'.
'adki' placed inside 'roll' is 'ROADKILL'.

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(Other definitions for roadkill that I've seen before include "Creatures squashed on the motorway?" , "A passing motoring phenomenon" , "Animal slain by cars" , "Animals slain by vehicles" .)

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