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Make Olga bite Dotty! (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

obligate

'make' is the definition.
(I know that obligate is a more specific form of the action make)

'olga bite dotty' is the wordplay.
'dotty' indicates an anagram (a mad or 'dotty' version of the letters).
'olga'+'bite'='olgabite'
'olgabite' with letters rearranged gives 'OBLIGATE'.

(Other definitions for obligate that I've seen before include "Force" , "Compel (someone) to do moral/legal duty" , "By necessity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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