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Contrive to misspell the name "Silver" in it (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

manage

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

'misspell the name silver in it' is the wordplay.
'misspell' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'silver' becomes 'Ag' (Ag is the chemical symbol for silver).
'in it' is an insertion indicator.
'name' anagrammed gives 'mane'.
'mane' enclosing 'ag' is 'MANAGE'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for manage that I've seen before include "Supervise staff" , "Organise" , "Take control" , "Be in charge of something" , "Take responsibility for" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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