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Pay back half of rent? Absolutely (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

requite

'pay back' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'half of rent? absolutely' is the wordplay.
'half of' indicates taking half.
'absolutely' becomes 'quite' ().
'rent' halved is 're'.
're'+'quite'='REQUITE'

(Other definitions for requite that I've seen before include "Appropriately, give back" , "Quieter (anag.)" , "Make return" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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