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Do those letters need to be composed? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

soothed

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'need to be composed?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'do those letters' is the wordplay.
'letters' indicates an anagram.
'do'+'those'='dothose'
'dothose' anagrammed gives 'SOOTHED'.

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(Another definition for soothed that I've seen is " Calmed or reduced pain".)

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