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Vary its locale after disruption (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oscillate

'vary' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'its locale after disruption' is the wordplay.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'disruption' indicates an anagram.
'its'+'locale'='itslocale'
'itslocale' is an anagram of 'OSCILLATE'.

(Other definitions for oscillate that I've seen before include "Rock" , "change sides" , "Move to and fro like a pendulum" , "Swing like a pendulum" , "Swing to and fro with lost Alice" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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