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Thought it appropriate to make a swift change (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sawfit

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'thought it appropriate to' is the definition.
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'a swift change' is the wordplay.
'change' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'swift'='aswift'
'aswift' is an anagram of 'SAWFIT'.

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