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Eager in rough after putting a five to make par (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

average

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

'eager in rough after putting a five' is the wordplay.
'in rough' is an anagram indicator.
'after putting' says to put letters next to each other.
'five' becomes 'v' ('V' can be a synonym of 'five').
'eager' anagrammed gives 'erage'.
'a'+'v'='av'
'erage' after 'av' is 'AVERAGE'.

'to make' is the link.

(Other definitions for average that I've seen before include "Mediocre - medium" , "Mean - everyday" , "nothing special" , "Normal amount" , "building society customer loses capital over time" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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