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Please reform and pass (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elapse

'pass' is the definition.
(I know that pass can be written as elapse)

'please reform' is the wordplay.
'reform' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in a new form).
'please' is an anagram of 'ELAPSE'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for elapse that I've seen before include "Tick by" , "Pass or expire - please" , "Pass away - asleep (anag)" , "(Of time) go by" , "Go by - pass away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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