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Think it's a trap and I myself skirt it (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imagine

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'think' is the definition.
(I know that think is a more specific form of imagine)

'a trap and i myself skirt it' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'a' is within the answer.
'trap' could be 'gin' (gin trap is a kind of animal trap) and 'gin' is found within the answer.
'i' could be 'me' and 'me' is located in the remaining letters.
'myself' could be 'i' and 'i' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'it's' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for imagine that I've seen before include "Number one" , "Picture in one's mind" , "Conceive in the mind" , "Fancy - Lennon song" , "Classic Lennon song" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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