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Make an issue of the Met line, possibly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emit

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'make an issue of the met line possibly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'the met line possibly' is the wordplay.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'met' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'line possibly' becomes 'emi' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
't' put after 'emi' is 'EMIT'.

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(Other definitions for emit that I've seen before include "Give out (eg light)" , "Discharge - utter" , "shed" , "'Give off, odour say (4)'" , "'Give out, light say (4)'" .)

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