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Flatten the ears, possibly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rase

'flatten' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'ears possibly' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'ears' with letters rearranged gives 'RASE'.

'the' is the link.

(Another definition for rase that I've seen is " Tear down so as to make flat with the ground".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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