### Clue: Maybe one in cutting banter cut short ordinary sort defending West (10)
### Answer: RAILWAYMAN 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Maybe one in cutting
 RAI{"rail"(if done good naturedly, it's to banter, if not it's to complain bitterly) **minus ****its last letter**(cut short) + LAYMAN(a person with no specialised or professional knowledge of a subject;an ordinary sort)} **containing**(defending) W(abbrev. for "west").
Defn: A reference to a cutting through which the railway runs.