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Spills catsup and behaves badly (4,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

acts up

'behaves badly' is the definition.
(acting up is a kind of behaving badly)

'spills catsup' is the wordplay.
'spills' indicates an anagram.
'catsup' with letters rearranged gives 'ACTS UP'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for acts up that I've seen before include "Misbehaves badly" , "Carries on" , "Causes trouble or misbehaves" , "Malfunctions" , "Behaves in a troublesome way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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