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Put off playing a certain sport (13)

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I believe the answer is:

procrastinate

'put off' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'playing a certain sport' is the wordplay.
'playing' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'certain'+'sport'='acertainsport'
'acertainsport' anagrammed gives 'PROCRASTINATE'.

(Other definitions for procrastinate that I've seen before include "Defer action" , "Delay, waste time" , "Dilly-dally" , "Delay taking action" , "Put off what should be done now" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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