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Felt flustered accepting very fine excuses (4,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lets off

'excuses' is the definition.
('let off' can be a synonym of 'excuse')

'felt flustered accepting very fine' is the wordplay.
'flustered' is an anagram indicator.
'accepting' indicates putting letters inside.
'very' becomes 'so' (both can mean 'extremely').
'fine' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'felt' anagrammed gives 'letf'.
'letf' placed around 'so' is 'letsof'.
'letsof'+'f'='LETS OFF'

(Other definitions for lets off that I've seen before include "excuses" , "Pardons" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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