Crossword Genius

Grown up with age, note, can be corrupt (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adulterate

'be corrupt' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'grown up with age note' is the wordplay.
'grown up' becomes 'adult' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'age' becomes 'era' (I've seen this before).
'note' becomes 'te' (**).
'adult'+'era'+'te'='ADULTERATE'

'can' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for adulterate that I've seen before include "Spoil" , "Make impure by addition" , "Debase by mixing with something inferior" , "Corrupt" , "add inferior material?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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