Cryptic crossword clue
Riots with team getting trounced, I guess 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word ESTIMATOR

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What does ESTIMATOR mean?

ESTIMATOR noun
  1. A person who estimates, especially one who estimates costs
  2. A function of a random sample of a population used to estimate some parameter of the whole population

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