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I rebel after pussy is put in a box? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

categorise

'put in a box?' is the definition.
(to put something in a box is to categorise it)

'i rebel after pussy' is the wordplay.
'i' becomes 'ego' ('I' in Latin).
'rebel' becomes 'rise' (synonyms).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pussy' becomes 'cat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ego'+'rise'='egorise'
'egorise' put after 'cat' is 'CATEGORISE'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for categorise that I've seen before include "Sort" , "Classify" , "class" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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