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Prisoner toiled as mixing cement (11)

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I believe the answer is:

consolidate

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

'prisoner toiled as mixing' is the wordplay.
'prisoner' becomes 'con' (abbreviation for 'convict').
'mixing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'toiled'+'as'='toiledas'
'toiledas' anagrammed gives 'solidate'.
'con'+'solidate'='CONSOLIDATE'

(Other definitions for consolidate that I've seen before include "Fuse" , "Unify" , "Cement" , "Make firm" , "Unite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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