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For better morale I eat out (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ameliorate

'for better' is the definition.
(to ameliorate is to make better)

'morale i eat out' is the wordplay.
'out' is an anagram indicator (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'morale'+'i'+'eat'='moraleieat'
'moraleieat' with letters rearranged gives 'AMELIORATE'.

(Other definitions for ameliorate that I've seen before include "Make (a bad thing) better" , "Make (something) better" , "seen to improve" , "Become better" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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