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Bar being raised by South Africa’s backs (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dorsa

'backs' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'bar being raised by south africa's' is the wordplay.
'bar' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this in another clue).
'being raised by' is a reversal indicator.
'south africa' becomes 'SA' (abbreviation).
'rod' backwards is 'dor'.
'dor'+'sa'='DORSA'

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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