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Screw up in audition for Superman? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

titan

'for superman?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'screw up in audition' is the wordplay.
'screw up' becomes 'tighten' (I've seen this before).
'in audition' shows a homophone (sound like) (audition can mean hearing).
'tighten' sounds like 'TITAN'.

(Other definitions for titan that I've seen before include "Largest satellite of Saturn" , "Rhea, perhaps" , "primordial god" , "Taint in old Greek god" , "Giant -- rocket" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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