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Do lie about being greased (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oiled

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

'do lie about' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates anagramming the letters.
'do'+'lie'='dolie'
'dolie' with letters rearranged gives 'OILED'.

(Other definitions for oiled that I've seen before include "wasted" , "Oldie (anag)" , "Anointed" , "get drunk" , "running smoothly?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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