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Evita eats out to pass the summer (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aestivate

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

'evita eats out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'evita'+'eats'='evitaeats'
'evitaeats' with letters rearranged gives 'AESTIVATE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for aestivate that I've seen before include "Pass the summer" , "Spend summer inactively" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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