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Kept up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sustained

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">kept up</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('sustain' can be a synonym of 'keep up')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for sustained that I've seen before include "held up" , "Kept (something) going" , "Kept going, supported" , "suffered" , "Steady" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and the Sydney Morning Herald.
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