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A half-hearted mob at theatre, possible to reform (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reparable

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'possible to reform' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'a half-hearted mob at theatre' is the wordplay.
'a half-hearted mob' becomes 'arable' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'theatre' becomes 'rep' (repertory theatre).
'arable' after 'rep' is 'REPARABLE'.

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(Other definitions for reparable that I've seen before include "Able to be fixed" , "Able to be rectified" .)

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