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Drop item put out in readiness (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

promptitude

'readiness' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'drop item put out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'drop'+'item'+'put'='dropitemput'
'dropitemput' is an anagram of 'PROMPTITUDE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for promptitude that I've seen before include "Detroit pump (anag) - readiness to act" , "Quickness of action; readiness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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