Provide inspiration for puzzle (6)

I believe the answer is:

bemuse

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'for puzzle' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'provide inspiration' is the wordplay.
'provide' becomes 'be' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inspiration' becomes 'muse' (a muse is someone's inspiration).
'be'+'muse'='BEMUSE'

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(Other definitions for bemuse that I've seen before include "Stupefy, puzzle" , "Confound" , "Fox" , "Confuse, bewilder" , "Puzzle and confuse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times, The Telegraph, The Sun, The Guardian and The Globe and Mail.

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