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Forced us to change our ways (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rerouted

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'forced us' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.

'change our ways' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'our' is 'rou' which is within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for rerouted that I've seen before include "Sent another way" , "Diverted" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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