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Some dissolute men doing better (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emend

'better' is the definition.
(I know that emend is a type of better)

'some dissolute men doing' is the wordplay.
'some' indicates a hidden word (some of the parts of the word are used).
'EMEND' can be found hidden inside 'dissolute men doing'.

(Other definitions for emend that I've seen before include "Revise (a text) (E, not A)" , "Remove errors" , "Polish" , "Make improvements to (text)" , "would appear better" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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