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Rub in the preparation, mum, to make it shine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

burnish

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'shine' is the definition.
(burnish is a kind of shine)

'rub in the preparation mum' is the wordplay.
'the preparation' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mum' becomes 'sh' (I've seen this in other clues).
'rub'+'in'='rubin'
'rubin' anagrammed gives 'burni'.
'burni'+'sh'='BURNISH'

'to make it' is the link.
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(Other definitions for burnish that I've seen before include "Make shiny by friction" , "Shine by rubbing" , "Polish to a high shine" , "Polish by rubbing" , "Make bright by rubbing" .)

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