Suppress misshapen sausage (7)

I believe the answer is:

assuage

'suppress' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'misshapen sausage' is the wordplay.
'misshapen' indicates an anagram.
'sausage' with letters rearranged gives 'ASSUAGE'.

(Other definitions for assuage that I've seen before include "Mitigate - allay" , "'Alleviate, appease (7)'" , "Pacify, allay" , "Mollify" , "moderate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.

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