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Smartphone programme put up for review (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

appraise

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'review' is the definition.
(to appraise is to review or evaluate)

'smartphone programme put up' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'programme' could be 'app' (type of computer programme) and 'app' is located in the answer.
'up' could be 'raise' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'raise' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for appraise that I've seen before include "Assess or evaluate" , "To gauge the worth" , "Estimate (worth) - assess (performance)" , "Assess (a thing's) quality" , "Decide the value or quality of" .)

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