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Make Sir be online, ignoring current shifts (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ennoble

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'make sir be online ignoring current shifts' is the definition.
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'be online ignoring current shifts' is the wordplay.
'ignoring' is a deletion indicator.
'current' becomes 'I' (physics symbol).
'shifts' indicates anagramming the letters.
'be'+'online'='beonline'
'beonline' with 'i' removed is 'beonlne'.
'beonlne' with letters rearranged gives 'ENNOBLE'.

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(Other definitions for ennoble that I've seen before include "Make a count, perhaps" , "Raise to the aristocracy" , "Bestow honour upon" , "Give peerage to" , "Elevate to knighthood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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