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Sexier rogue grabbing time to make up (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

extemporise

'make up' is the definition.
('make up'->'extemporize' is in my internal thesaurus and 'ize'->'ise')

'sexier rogue grabbing time' is the wordplay.
'rogue' is an anagram indicator (letters go rogue).
'grabbing' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 'tempo' (tempo is a kind of time).
'sexier' is an anagram of 'exrise'.
'exrise' placed around 'tempo' is 'EXTEMPORISE'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for extemporise that I've seen before include "Ad-lib" , "Perform unprepared" , "make up?" , "Ad lib" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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