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Edward accepts a relative being teased (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

taunted

'teased' is the definition.
('taunt' can be a synonym of 'tease')

'edward accepts a relative' is the wordplay.
'edward' becomes 'ted'.
'accepts' indicates putting letters inside.
'a relative' becomes 'aunt' (aunt is a kind of relative).
'ted' placed around 'aunt' is 'TAUNTED'.

'being' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for taunted that I've seen before include "Deliberately provoked by poking fun at" , "Mocked, jeered" , "Jeered at in a cruel and hurtful way" , "Twitted" , "Derided, mocked" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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