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Put me in and the answer's correct (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amend

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'correct' is the definition.
(amending is a kind of correcting)

'put me in and the answer's' is the wordplay.
'put me in' becomes 'mend' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'the answer' becomes 'a' (abbreviation eg in Q and A).
'mend' put after 'a' is 'AMEND'.

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(Other definitions for amend that I've seen before include "Make minor improvements to (a document)" , "Alter in detail" , "make an improvement" , "Modify, correct" , "Make corrections to (eg, document)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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