Back to back upholstered sides rather large in prestige (5)

I believe the answer is:

kudos

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

'back to back upholstered sides rather large' is the wordplay.
'back to' suggests the final letters.
'sides' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the letters on the sides are used).
'rather large' becomes 'os' (abbreviation for oversize. I am not sure about the 'rather' bit.).
'upholstered' with its centre taken out is 'ud'.
The last letter of 'back' is 'k'.
'k'+'ud'+'os'='KUDOS'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for kudos that I've seen before include "Laudation" , "Honour - cachet" , "Informal honour of glory" , "Praise, honour" , "Laurels" .)

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

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