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Backed
team’s
long
shot
(3)
Backed team’s long shot (3)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
Look at long shot — that's your definition, a six hit over the boundary in cricket. Team's gives you XIS, since XI is a sporting team and you tack on the S from the apostrophe-S. Then backed tells you to reverse it, and XIS flipped gives you your answer.