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Turn on corrupt Tories inflicting economic chaos at the outset (9)

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eroticise

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'turn' is the definition.
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'corrupt tories inflicting economic chaos at the outset' is the wordplay.
'corrupt' indicates anagramming the letters (a corrupted form).
'at the outset' suggests taking the first letters (the outset is the beginning).
The initial letters of 'inflicting economic chaos' is 'iec'.
'tories'+'iec'='toriesiec'
'toriesiec' with letters rearranged gives 'EROTICISE'.

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