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Lived it up — sore and tired, needing a change? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

roistered

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'lived' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot understand how they can define each other.

'it up sore and tired needing a change?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'it' could be 't' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis) and 't' is found in the answer.
'up' could be 'is' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'is' is found in the answer.
'sore' could be 'red' (red can mean sore or painful) and 'red' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'roe' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for roistered that I've seen before include "celebrated wildly" , "celebrated noisily" , "had a merry time" , "Behaved boisterously" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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