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Make acceptable rugs with a synthetic fur (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sugar-coat

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'make acceptable' is the definition.
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'rugs with a synthetic fur' is the wordplay.
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'synthetic' is an anagram indicator.
'fur' becomes 'coat' (an animal's coat).
'rugs' put after 'a' is 'arugs'.
'arugs' with letters rearranged gives 'sugar'.
'sugar'+'coat'='SUGAR-COAT'

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(Other definitions for sugar-coat that I've seen before include "Make something distasteful seem more palatable?" , "Give a better view of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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