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You must put different questions on radio or else! (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

otherwise

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'or else' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'you must put different questions on radio' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'put' could be 'the' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'the' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for otherwise that I've seen before include "White rose seen in a different way" , "Under different conditions" , "Alternatively" , "in different circumstances" , "Apart from that" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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