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Rouse a weak, disturbed Pole (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

awaken

'rouse' is the definition.
(I know that rouse can be written as awaken)

'a weak disturbed pole' is the wordplay.
'disturbed' indicates an anagram (the order of letters is disturbed).
'pole' becomes 'n' (abbreviation for North, as in North Pole).
'weak' with letters rearranged gives 'wake'.
'a'+'wake'+'n'='AWAKEN'

(Other definitions for awaken that I've seen before include "Cause to remember" , "Rouse from sleep" , "Stop sleeping" , "Stir" , "Come alive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun and The Times.
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