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Spin dry theatre ruffle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perturb

'ruffle' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'spin dry theatre' is the wordplay.
'spin' is a reversal indicator.
'dry' becomes 'brut' (type of wine).
'theatre' becomes 'rep' (I've seen this in other clues).
'brut'+'rep'='brutrep'
'brutrep' reversed gives 'PERTURB'.

(Other definitions for perturb that I've seen before include "Disturb the composure of" , "Opera star" , "Disturb - trouble" , "Disturb greatly" , "Bother" .)

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