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Designed me a theatre (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

meant

'designed' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'me a theatre' is the wordplay.
'theatre' becomes 'nt' (National Theatre).
'me'+'a'+'nt'='MEANT'

(Other definitions for meant that I've seen before include "proposed" , "Deliberate" , "represented" , "Intended, had in mind" , "Aimed" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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