Rescues tortured soul in temptation (5,3)

I believe the answer is:

bails out

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'rescues' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with social activities as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'tortured soul in temptation' is the wordplay.
'tortured' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'temptation' becomes 'bait' (bait is a kind of temptation).
'soul' with letters rearranged gives 'lsou'.
'lsou' placed within 'bait' is 'BAILS OUT'.

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I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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