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Announces cramps; oil massaged (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proclaims

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'announces' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with communicating as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'cramps oil massaged' is the wordplay.
'massaged' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'massaging' mean this ('massage' can mean to manipulate or distort)).
'cramps'+'oil'='crampsoil'
'crampsoil' anagrammed gives 'PROCLAIMS'.

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(Other definitions for proclaims that I've seen before include "Announces officially" , "Advertises" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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