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One's free, after reforming, as anticipated (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

foreseen

'anticipated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one's free after reforming' is the wordplay.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'reforming' indicates an anagram.
'ones'+'free'='onesfree'
'onesfree' anagrammed gives 'FORESEEN'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for foreseen that I've seen before include "Anticipated" , "Expected" , "Predicted" , "Envisaged" , "No surprise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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