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Ten madmen surprisingly making an improvement (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amendment

'an improvement' is the definition.
(I know that amendment is a type of correction)

'ten madmen surprisingly' is the wordplay.
'surprisingly' indicates an anagram (a surprising ordering of the letters).
'ten'+'madmen'='tenmadmen'
'tenmadmen' with letters rearranged gives 'AMENDMENT'.

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for amendment that I've seen before include "Minor improvement" , "Statement added to or revising a document" , "the fifth one benefiting Uncle Sam's defendants?" , "Corrective treatment" , "Revision" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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