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To buck up rogue, cane ordered (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

encourage

'to buck up' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rogue cane ordered' is the wordplay.
'ordered' indicates an anagram.
'rogue'+'cane'='roguecane'
'roguecane' anagrammed gives 'ENCOURAGE'.

(Other definitions for encourage that I've seen before include "Motivate" , "Spurs on" , "Egg on" , "Hearten, inspire" , "Hearten, foster" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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