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one
from
The
Strokes
(unoriginal
pop
group,
according
to
him)
(8)
… one from The Strokes (unoriginal pop group, according to him) (8)
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How the clue works
The definition here is one from The Strokes — a backhand being a type of stroke in tennis. The wordplay is a Spoonerism: take HACK (unoriginal) and BAND (pop group), then swap their opening sounds as Spooner would, turning HACK BAND into BACK HAND, which runs together to give BACKHAND.