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Make out with date here, pic will be distributed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decipher

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'will be distributed' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'make out with date here pic' is the wordplay.
'make out' indicates anagramming the letters.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'date' becomes 'd' (common abbreviation eg in DOB, date of birth).
'd'+'here'='dhere'
'dhere' next to 'pic' is 'dherepic'.
'dherepic' with letters rearranged gives 'DECIPHER'.

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(Other definitions for decipher that I've seen before include "Make sense of" , "Convert from code to text" , "Read with difficulty" , "Convert code to ordinary language" , "Decode, find hidden meaning" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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