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Corrupt Terry Mulligan (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retry

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'mulligan' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech.

'corrupt terry' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' indicates anagramming the letters.
'terry' is an anagram of 'RETRY'.

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(Other definitions for retry that I've seen before include "Hear (a case) again" , "Advice following failure, initially" , "Have another go" , "take second opinion on case" , "Make a further attempt" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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