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I hear latex tends to invigorate (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exhilarate

'invigorate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'i hear latex tends' is the wordplay.
'tends' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'tended' mean this).
'i'+'hear'+'latex'='ihearlatex'
'ihearlatex' with letters rearranged gives 'EXHILARATE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for exhilarate that I've seen before include "Cheer" , "Thrill" , "Make very happy or very animated" , "Enliven" .)

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