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Give wrong information while the friend sits knitting inside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

misstate

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'give wrong information while the' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'friend sits knitting inside' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'mate' (mate is a kind of friend).
'knitting' indicates anagramming the letters.
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'sits' anagrammed gives 'isst'.
'mate' going around 'isst' is 'MISSTATE'.

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(Other definitions for misstate that I've seen before include "Give inaccurate info" , "Mast site (anag.)" , "Inaccurately report" , "Put incorrectly" , "Declare wrongly" .)

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