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Write down rubbish ape recited (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

depreciate

'write down' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rubbish ape recited' is the wordplay.
'rubbish' is an anagram indicator.
'ape'+'recited'='aperecited'
'aperecited' with letters rearranged gives 'DEPRECIATE'.

(Other definitions for depreciate that I've seen before include "Belittle; lose value" , "Lose value with time" , "Gradually lose value" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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