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Straightens out leg -- suntan's irregular (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

untangles

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'straightens out' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'leg suntan's irregular' is the wordplay.
'irregular' indicates anagramming the letters.
'leg'+'suntan'='legsuntan'
'legsuntan' is an anagram of 'UNTANGLES'.

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