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Hate rent review, so intimidate (8)

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I believe the answer is:

threaten

'intimidate' is the definition.
(intimidate can mean to scare or threaten)

'hate rent review' is the wordplay.
'review' indicates an anagram.
'hate'+'rent'='haterent'
'haterent' with letters rearranged gives 'THREATEN'.

'so' is the link.

(Other definitions for threaten that I've seen before include "Impend, portend" , "Cow" , "Menace - impend" , "loom" , "Give warning of something unpleasant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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