Treats silenced gun badly (11)
I believe the answer is:
indulgences
'treats' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are plural nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
'silenced gun badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'silenced'+'gun'='silencedgun'
'silencedgun' with letters rearranged gives 'INDULGENCES'.
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I've seen this clue in The Times.
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