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Shorten, expurgate (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abridge

I believe this is a double definition.

'shorten' is the first definition.
(synonyms)

'expurgate' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)

(Other definitions for abridge that I've seen before include "Concentrate" , "Big read (anag) - shorten text" , "Make a precis of" , "trim" , "Make short work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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