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Neglect makes Timothy much upset! (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omit

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'neglect' is the definition.
(I know this)

'timothy much upset' is the wordplay.
'timothy' becomes 'tim' (I've seen this in other clues).
'much' becomes 'o' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'upset' says the letters should be written backwards.
'tim'+'o'='timo'
'timo' in reverse letter order is 'OMIT'.

'makes' is the link.

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(Other definitions for omit that I've seen before include "Neglect to include" , "Exclude; forget to include" , "Leave out, perhaps in error" , "Leave out or forget" , "Disregard" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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