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Throws out peculiar vices eating up time (6)

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I believe the answer is:

evicts

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'throws out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'peculiar vices eating up time' is the wordplay.
'peculiar' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'eating' indicates putting letters inside.
'up time' becomes 't' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'up' bit.).
'vices' is an anagram of 'evics'.
'evics' going around 't' is 'EVICTS'.

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(Other definitions for evicts that I've seen before include "Expels from a dwelling" , "Puts out of house as for non-payment" , "What the sheriff does when he asks you to leave home" , "Put out for non-payment of rent" , "Turns out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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