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Have another shot at reforming Terry (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retry

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'have another shot at reforming terry' is the definition.
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'reforming terry' is the wordplay.
'reforming' is an anagram indicator.
'terry' with letters rearranged gives 'RETRY'.

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(Other definitions for retry that I've seen before include "take second opinion on case" , "Hear (a case) again" , "Make a further attempt" , "Have another go" , "Put on trial again" .)

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