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Suspend curate? It's ridiculous! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rusticate

'suspend' is the definition.
(rusticating is a kind of suspending)

'curate? it's ridiculous' is the wordplay.
'ridiculous' indicates anagramming the letters.
'curate'+'its'='curateits'
'curateits' anagrammed gives 'RUSTICATE'.

(Other definitions for rusticate that I've seen before include "Suspend from university" , "Rough up" , "leave town" , "Spend time in the country" , "Ban from college" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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