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Remove misguided male in tie (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eliminate

'remove' is the definition.
(I know that eliminate is a more specific form of the action remove)

'misguided male in tie' is the wordplay.
'misguided' indicates anagramming the letters (letters guided into the wrong places).
'male'+'in'+'tie'='maleintie'
'maleintie' anagrammed gives 'ELIMINATE'.

(Other definitions for eliminate that I've seen before include "Wipe out" , "Completely remove, get rid of" , "Discard - exclude" , "Eradicate" , "Annihilate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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