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Treat furs crumpled in foil (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

frustrate

'foil' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'treat furs crumpled' is the wordplay.
'crumpled' indicates an anagram.
'treat'+'furs'='treatfurs'
'treatfurs' with letters rearranged gives 'FRUSTRATE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for frustrate that I've seen before include "Put a stop to" , "'Thwart, disappoint (9)'" , "Deprive of hope" , "Prevent (plan) from being fulfilled" , "Prevent from progressing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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