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Announces cards Lee shuffled (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

declares

'announces' is the definition.
('declare' can be a synonym of 'announce')

'cards lee shuffled' is the wordplay.
'shuffled' is an anagram indicator.
'cards'+'lee'='cardslee'
'cardslee' with letters rearranged gives 'DECLARES'.

(Other definitions for declares that I've seen before include "makes confession" , "States emphatically" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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