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Need a tile to draw? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

delineate

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'need a tile to draw?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'need a tile to draw?' is the wordplay.
'to draw?' indicates an anagram (I've seen 'drawn' mean this (the letters drawn up in a different way)).
'need'+'a'+'tile'='needatile'
'needatile' anagrammed gives 'DELINEATE'.

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(Other definitions for delineate that I've seen before include "Portray precisely - teen ideal (anag)" , "Indicate precisely" , "Sketch" , "Trace" , "Outline" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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