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Lure damaged net on the rocks (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

entice

'lure' is the definition.
('entice' can be a synonym of 'lure')

'damaged net on the rocks' is the wordplay.
'damaged' indicates anagramming the letters.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the rocks' becomes 'ice' (I've seen this before).
'net' with letters rearranged gives 'ent'.
'ent'+'ice'='ENTICE'

(Other definitions for entice that I've seen before include "draw" , "Coax" , "Attract or persuade with offer" , "how siren might operate?" , "Lure, inveigle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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