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Turfs out unruly civets (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evicts

'turfs out' is the definition.
(evicting is a kind of turfing out)

'unruly civets' is the wordplay.
'unruly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'civets' anagrammed gives 'EVICTS'.

(Other definitions for evicts that I've seen before include "Forces out of a property" , "Throws out" , "Puts out for non-payment of rent" , "Expels from a property" , "Put out for non-payment of rent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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