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Accused ran tours in the morning (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blamed

'accused' is the definition.
(blaming is a kind of accusing)

'ran tours in the morning' is the wordplay.
'ran' becomes 'bled' ('bleed' can be a synonym of 'run'**).
'tours' indicates putting letters inside.
'in the morning' becomes 'am'.
'bled' placed around 'am' is 'BLAMED'.

(Other definitions for blamed that I've seen before include "Censured" , "Assigned responsibility for fault to (someone)" , "Held responsible for bedlam" , "Attribute responsibility to" , "Bedlam (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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