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Wet blanket left with proceeds of robbery, say (10)

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I believe the answer is:

spoilsport

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'wet blanket' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'left with proceeds of robbery say' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'proceeds of robbery say' becomes 'spoils' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'port' put after 'spoils' is 'SPOILSPORT'.

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(Other definitions for spoilsport that I've seen before include "One marring others' pleasure" , "misery" , "Person marring others' pleasure" , "nark" , "One who won't play?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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