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Criticise, though many may get to Paris on time (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disparage

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'criticise' is the definition.
(I know that disparage is a type of criticise)

'many may get to paris on time' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'many' could be 'd' and 'd' is present in the answer.
an anagram of 'paris' is 'ispar' which is present in the answer.
'time' could be 'age' (an age is a period of time) and 'age' is present in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'though' is the link.

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(Other definitions for disparage that I've seen before include "Slight" , "I grasped a change to belittle" , "Run down" , "Scorn" , "Belittled" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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