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Let everybody get a bit worked up! (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

allow

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'let' is the definition.
(I know that let can be written as allow)

'everybody get a bit worked up' is the wordplay.
'everybody' becomes 'all' (I've seen this before).
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'a bit' becomes 'o' (resembles 0, a binary digit or bit).
'worked up' becomes 'w' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'all'+'o'+'w'='ALLOW'

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(Other definitions for allow that I've seen before include "Sanction" , "Admit as acceptable" , "Permit or acknowledge" , "Permit or concede" , "Give permission to" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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