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Lower to the sea bed, strangely enough (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

debase

'lower' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the sea bed strangely enough' is the wordplay.
'strangely enough' indicates an anagram.
'sea'+'bed'='seabed'
'seabed' with letters rearranged gives 'DEBASE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for debase that I've seen before include "Lower, degrade" , "Lower in quality, reduce the value of" , "dishonour" , "Lower -- seabed (anag)" , "Lower in quality or value, corrupt" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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