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Praise responsible individual's time in A&E (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

adulate

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'praise' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'responsible individual's time in ae' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'time' could be 'ad' and 'ad' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for adulate that I've seen before include "Praise excessively" , "Praise obsequiously" , "Worship" , "Rave over" , "Flatter excessively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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