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Much to take out, ignoring article stuck in individual block (3,3,7,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

put the mockers on

'block' is the definition.

'much to take out ignoring article stuck in individual' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'much' could be 'so' ('so much' can be similar in meaning to 'much') and 'so' is found within the answer.
'take' could be 'r' (recipe is latin for take - r is abbreviation) and 'r' is found within the answer.
'article' could be 'the' (the 'definite article' part of speech) and 'the' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

(Other definitions for put the mockers on that I've seen before include "curse" , "Get satirists performing" , "cause it to fail" , "Broadcast satire show" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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