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Put off as spectator, I ran wild (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

procrastinate

'put off' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'spectator i ran wild' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'spectator'+'i'+'ran'='spectatoriran'
'spectatoriran' with letters rearranged gives 'PROCRASTINATE'.

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for procrastinate that I've seen before include "Put off till later" , "Delay, waste time" , "Stall" , "Postpone" , "Defer action" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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