Crossword Genius

Wind up with letters read aloud (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tease

'wind up' is the definition.
(to wind up is to tease or annoy)

'letters read aloud' is the wordplay.
'letters' becomes 'tees' (I've seen this in another clue).
'read aloud' shows a homophone (sound like).
'tees' sounds like 'TEASE'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tease that I've seen before include "Rag" , "Torment for fun" , "Playfully make fun of" , "Gently mock" , "Gently rib" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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