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Suppose the metal is inside (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theorise

'suppose' is the definition.
(I know that suppose can be written as theorise)

'the metal is inside' is the wordplay.
'metal' becomes 'ore' (I have seen 'Raw metal ' mean 'ore' so perhaps 'metal' could also mean 'ore').
'inside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ore' going around 'is' is 'orise'.
'the'+'orise'='THEORISE'

(Other definitions for theorise that I've seen before include "Express ideas" , "Form of hypothesis or conjecture" , "Form view" , "Conjecture, hypothesise" , "Think up possible explanations" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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