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Get ready to slim down after purge, oddly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prepare

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'get ready to' is the definition.
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'slim down after purge oddly' is the wordplay.
'slim down' becomes 'pare' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'oddly' means one should take alternating letters (letters in the odd-numbered positions are used).
The alternate letters of 'purge' are 'pre'.
'pare' put after 'pre' is 'PREPARE'.

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(Other definitions for prepare that I've seen before include "[GET READY] (3 of 3)" , "Make ready or suitable" , "Fit out" , "study" , "Make (something) ready" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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