Quiet Greek regularly strips off, gets ready (8)

I believe the answer is:

prepares

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'gets ready' is the definition.
('prepare' can be a synonym of 'get ready')

'quiet greek regularly strips off' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano', ie soft or quiet).
'regularly' indicates alternate letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
'strips off' becomes 'pares' (paring is a kind of stripping. I am not sure about the 'off' bit.).
The alternating letters of 'greek' are 're'.
'p'+'re'+'pares'='PREPARES'

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(Other definitions for prepares that I've seen before include "Makes ready in advance" , "Arranges" , "Makes or gets ready" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.

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