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Put on new gates at the end of the road (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

staged

'put on' is the definition.
(both can mean fake or affected)

'new gates at the end of the road' is the wordplay.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'at the end of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'road' is 'd'.
'gates' is an anagram of 'stage'.
'stage'+'d'='STAGED'

(Other definitions for staged that I've seen before include "(Of play/opera) mounted" , "Performed or produced play" , "Put on play or other performance" , "Mounted (a play)" , "Put on (as show)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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