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Use suit and lie about it (7)

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I believe the answer is:

utilise

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'about it' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'use suit and lie' is the wordplay.
'use' indicates anagramming the letters.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'suit'+'lie'='suitlie'
'suitlie' anagrammed gives 'UTILISE'.

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(Other definitions for utilise that I've seen before include "Employ, do something with" , "Put into service, find application for" , "Employ, make use of" , "Put to use" , "Find application or task for" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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