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Put paid to, informally (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scupper

(Other definitions for scupper that I've seen before include "dish" , "foil" , "Ruin, put paid to" , "Deliberately sink (oneself)" , "Sink one's own ship deliberately" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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