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Allow the nippers to put in an appearance (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

teethe

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'allow' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'the nippers to put in an appearance' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'the' is 'eth' which is within the answer.
'put' could be 'tee' (teeing is a kind of putting) and 'tee' is present in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for teethe that I've seen before include "Cut one's dental fixtures" , "Have initial trouble (as a baby?)" , "(Of baby) have gum pain" , "Cut one's primary dentition" , "Cut one's first incisors" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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