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Acted as counsellor to lively teen dorm (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mentored

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'acted as counsellor' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'lively teen dorm' is the wordplay.
'lively' is an anagram indicator (letters get livened up or moved around).
'teen'+'dorm'='teendorm'
'teendorm' is an anagram of 'MENTORED'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for mentored that I've seen is " Acted as teacher or counsellor".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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