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Got slacker to admit toilets need fixing (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loosened

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'got slacker' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'admit toilets need fixing' is the wordplay.
'admit' indicates putting letters inside.
'toilets' becomes 'loos' (loo can informally mean a toilet).
'fixing' is an anagram indicator.
'need' is an anagram of 'ened'.
'loos' going into 'ened' is 'LOOSENED'.

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for loosened that I've seen is " Made slack, eased as with grip".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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