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Ear boxed by Dominatrix, perhaps, backed up role-playing (9)

EAR in LASHER, reversed

To join Buddy's Apologies Anonymous;

Animate her arse with a light workout (9)

Try out a dress? (9)

Putting another (for now) nail in ChatGPT's cryptic coffin:

In response to the prompt: Write a cryptic crossword clue whose answer is "REHEARSAL":

Here's a cryptic crossword clue for you:

Dress up "real ash" in a new style for a practice run (9)

Explanation:

"Dress up" indicates that we need to rearrange or put letters inside other words.
"Real ash" can be rearranged to form the word "rehearsal".
"New style" indicates that we need to find a synonym for style and put the letters inside it.
"Practice run" is the definition for the answer "rehearsal".

So the solution is "REHEARSAL"


Huh??

Trial run by judges in performance of Lear (9)

Hears (judges) in (Lear)*
Def. = trial run

By chance, there is a trial in King Lear, the mock trial of his daughters. Lear appoints the judges, one of whom is the Fool, though the whole scene is imagined and a sign of Lear’s descent into madness

Trial performs inquisition into Spanish 11 (9)

Prolific Al Shearer scores endlessly (9)

Alan Shearer - prolific football goalscorer.

Note: Weak beer said to be allowed, in moderation, after dry run? (9)

Re
Weak beer said to be - bier hears(e)
Al(lowed)

Scoop up sea hare in both hands for cataloguing (9)

Sea hare - marine snail

Knock up some game bird with arse out, at a party (9)

Anag. Rhea arse +L