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Dotty urges one to be charitable (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

generous

'charitable' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)

'dotty urges one' is the wordplay.
'dotty' indicates anagramming the letters (a mad or 'dotty' version of the letters).
'urges'+'one'='urgesone'
'urgesone' anagrammed gives 'GENEROUS'.

'to be' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for generous that I've seen before include "Giving unselfishly" , "Showing largess" , "Freely giving; larger than usual" , "Munificent; liberal" , "Bountiful, unselfish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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