The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word CONFOUNDED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Sunday Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CONFOUNDED
- Bloody Tory set up!
- Baffled fool set up
- Bewildered prisoner set up
- Cursed swindle set up
- Following deceptive act, cast is bewildered
- Prisoner’s body discovered – DA’s left baffled
- Blasted trick discovered by someone on the paper
- Criminal set up and thwarted
- Firm, initially nascent, started, was ruined
- Befuddled prisoner set up
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The straight part
We know that "bewildered" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case bewildered = confounded.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CONFOUNDED mean?
CONFOUNDED verb- To perplex or puzzle.
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- To make something worse.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- To damn (a mild oath).
- To bring to ruination.
- To stun, amaze
- Confused, astonished
- Defeated, thwarted
- Damned, accursed, bloody