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Playfully provoke (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tease

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">playfully provoke</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for tease that I've seen before include "Comb to remove tangles and open out the fibres" , "Gently mock" , "cause some irritation" , "Use a comb" , "Pull leg of" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Universal.
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