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Perhaps
cricket
side’s
exhausted
after
batting
then
caught
(6)
Perhaps cricket side’s exhausted after batting then caught (6)
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The definition is at the beginning of the clue.
How the clue works
Perhaps cricket is the definition — a cricket is an example of an insect. The wordplay builds the answer in three parts: IN means "batting" (as in being at bat), then "side's exhausted" gives SE (the word SIDE with its outer letters removed, i.e. exhausted of its first and last letters), and finally CT is an abbreviation for "caught" in cricket scoring. Put them together: IN + SE + CT = INSECT.