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Appease teens, we compromise (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sweeten

'appease' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'teens we compromise' is the wordplay.
'compromise' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'compromising' mean this (compromise can mean change)).
'teens'+'we'='teenswe'
'teenswe' is an anagram of 'SWEETEN'.

(Other definitions for sweeten that I've seen before include "Add sugar or honey" , "Make sugary or saccharine" , "Add, eg, sugar to" , "Make fresh" , "Make saccharine or honeyed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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