Are left in it to guard her (7)

I believe the answer is:

inherit

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'are left in it to guard her' is the definition.
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'in it to guard her' is the wordplay.
'to guard' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'in'+'it'='init'
'init' going around 'her' is 'INHERIT'.

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(Other definitions for inherit that I've seen before include "Receive as bequest from will" , "Be the recipient of" , "Receive from a predecessor" , "Be left with (a situation)" , "Get what was left?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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