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Conduct dire matins when drunk (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

administer

'conduct' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dire matins when drunk' is the wordplay.
'when drunk' indicates an anagram (I've seen this in other clues).
'dire'+'matins'='dirematins'
'dirematins' anagrammed gives 'ADMINISTER'.

(Other definitions for administer that I've seen before include "Organise" , "man?" , "conduct" , "Deal out (punishment)" , "Run" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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