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Comment: make a new rating! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

remark

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'comment' is the definition.
(a remark is a spoken comment)

'a new rating' is the wordplay.
'a new' becomes 're' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'rating' becomes 'mark' (mark is a kind of rating).
're'+'mark'='REMARK'

'make' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for remark that I've seen before include "Notice or comment on" , "Written or spoken comment" , "Something said; take notice of" , "Comment or mention" , "Incidental observation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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