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A fool it's wrong to help (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

assist

'to help' is the definition.
(to assist someone is to help them)

'a fool it's wrong' is the wordplay.
'a fool' becomes 'ass' (both can mean a stupid person).
'wrong' indicates anagramming the letters.
'its' is an anagram of 'ist'.
'ass'+'ist'='ASSIST'

(Other definitions for assist that I've seen before include "Be helpful to" , "provide backing" , "Understand by instinct" , "benefit" , "Be useful to" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish News.
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