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A man has to put up with being excited (3,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

het up

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'being excited' is the definition.
('het up' can be a synonym of 'excited')

'a man has to put up' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'man' could be 'he' (pronoun for a man) and 'he' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'put' is 'tup' which is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for het up that I've seen before include "Upset, agitated" , "Angry - agitated" , "On edge - agitated" , "Overwrought" , "Angry - excited" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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