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Announcing girdle can work (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

declaring

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

'girdle can work' is the wordplay.
'work' is an anagram indicator.
'girdle'+'can'='girdlecan'
'girdlecan' is an anagram of 'DECLARING'.

(Another definition for declaring that I've seen is " statement-making".)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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