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Cover up sick dun horse (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

enshroud

'cover up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sick dun horse' is the wordplay.
'sick' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dun'+'horse'='dunhorse'
'dunhorse' is an anagram of 'ENSHROUD'.

(Other definitions for enshroud that I've seen before include "Cover with a garment (or mist?)" , "Hide - cloak" , "Completely envelop" , "Envelop and hide from view" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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