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Terrible tickle in chest — do this before you die! (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bucket list

'do this before you die' is the definition.
(list of goals be completed before one's death)

'terrible tickle in chest' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates an anagram.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'chest' becomes 'bust' (I've seen this before).
'tickle' is an anagram of 'cketli'.
'cketli' going within 'bust' is 'BUCKET LIST'.

(Another definition for bucket list that I've seen is " Things to do before kicking it?".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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