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Spoil one’s twins (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impair

'spoil' is the definition.
(I know that spoil can be written as impair)

'one's twins' is the wordplay.
'one's' becomes 'I'm' ('one is' is a formal way of saying 'I am').
'twins' becomes 'pair' (a pair of twins).
'im'+'pair'='IMPAIR'

(Other definitions for impair that I've seen before include "blunt" , "Make worse or less effective" , "Weaken, damage" , "Harm" , "Cause weakening of, damage" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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