Scatter carelessly, it’s true (5)

I believe the answer is:

strew

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'scatter' is the definition.
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'carelessly it's true' is the wordplay.
'carelessly' is an anagram indicator.
'true' becomes 'rew' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ts' is an anagram of 'st'.
'st'+'rew'='STREW'

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(Other definitions for strew that I've seen before include "Scatter loosely" , "Sprinkle" , "Scatter, spread around" , "Scatter untidily" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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